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Endangered Species in Texas

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
115
Endangered
84
Threatened
31

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Flowering Plants (35)

Birds (13)

  • Attwater's greater prairie-chickenTympanuchus cupido attwateriEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 9 counties
  • Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianum cactorumThreatenedListed 08/21/2023 · 12 counties
  • Eastern Black railLaterallus jamaicensis jamaicensisThreatenedListed 11/09/2020 · 13 counties
  • Eskimo curlewNumenius borealisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 1 county
  • Mexican spotted owlStrix occidentalis lucidaThreatenedListed 03/16/1993 · 9 counties
  • Northern Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis septentrionalisWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 02/25/1986 · 50 counties
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 22 counties
  • Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 20 counties
  • Southwestern willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii extimusEndangeredListed 02/27/1995 · 19 counties
  • Whooping craneGrus americanaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 111 counties
  • Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusWestern DPS: U.S.A. (AZ, CA, CO (western), ID, MT (western), NM (western), NV, OR, TX (western), UT, WA, WY (western)); Canada (British Columbia (southwestern); Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango (western), Sinaloa, Sonora)ThreatenedListed 11/03/2014 · 6 counties
  • golden-cheeked warblerSetophaga chrysopariaEndangeredListed 05/04/1990 · 47 counties
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 254 counties

Fishes (12)

Arachnids (9)

Clams (9)

Insects (9)

Amphibians (8)

Mammals (6)

  • Gulf Coast jaguarundiPuma yagouaroundi cacomitliEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 7 counties
  • Mexican long-nosed batLeptonycteris nivalisEndangeredListed 09/30/1988 · 5 counties
  • Mexican wolfCanis lupus baileyiWherever found, except where included in an experimental population as set forth in 17.84(k)EndangeredListed 04/28/1976 · 1 county
  • Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 4 counties
  • OcelotLeopardus (=Felis) pardaliswherever foundEndangeredListed 03/28/1972 · 11 counties
  • West Indian ManateeTrichechus manatusThreatenedListed 03/11/1967 · 18 counties

Reptiles (6)

  • Green sea turtleChelonia mydasGreen sea turtles originating from the North Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the following lines and coordinates: 48 degrees N. Lat. in the north, along the western coasts of Europe and Africa (west of 5.5 degrees W. Long.); north of 19 degrees N. Lat. in the east; bounded by 19 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. to 14 degrees N., 65.1 degrees W. then 14 degrees N., 77 degrees W. in the south and west; and along the eastern coasts of the Americas (north of 7.5 degrees N., 77 degrees W.)ThreatenedListed 05/06/2016 · 14 counties
  • Hawksbill sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 14 counties
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtleLepidochelys kempiiEndangeredListed 12/02/1970 · 12 counties
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 8 counties
  • Loggerhead sea turtleCaretta carettaNorthwest Atlantic Ocean DPS - Loggerhead sea turtles originating from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean west of 40 degrees W. LongThreatenedListed 07/23/1978 · 12 counties
  • Louisiana pinesnakePituophis ruthveniThreatenedListed 05/07/2018 · 5 counties

Snails (5)

Crustaceans (3)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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