Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of NH
Endangered wildlife are those native species whose prospects for survival in New Hampshire are in danger because of a loss or change in habitat, over-exploitation, predation, competition, disease, disturbance or contamination. Assistance is needed to ensure continued existence as a viable component of the state's wildlife community.
Threatened wildlife are those species which may become endangered if conditions surrounding them begin, or continue, to decline.
Wildlife species of Special Concern are those species of wildlife that either could become Threatened in the foreseeable future or were recently delisted from the NH Endangered and Threatened species.
- Printable list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Hampshire
- NH Habitat Types and Species
- Species of Special Concern List
* = Federally threatened
** = Federally endangered.
The endangered and threatened species list was fully reviewed using the revised 2015 Wildlife Action Plan and other data supplied by experts. This list became effective March 24, 2017.
SPECIES LIST | |
MAMMALS | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii |
None listed at this time. |
Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus |
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* Northern long-eared bat, Myotis septentrionalis | |
Tri-colored bat, Perimyotis subflavus |
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New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis | |
* Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis | |
** Eastern wolf, Canis lupus | |
BIRDS | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus |
Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps |
Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor |
Common loon, Gavia immer |
* Piping plover, Charadrius melodus |
Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus |
Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda |
Common tern, Sterna hirundo |
** Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii |
* Red knot, Calidris canutus |
Least tern, Sterna antillarum |
Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos |
Purple martin, Progne subis |
Cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea |
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Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna |
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Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum |
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FISH | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
American brook lamprey, Lethenteron appendix | Bridle shiner, Notropis bifrenatus |
** Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum | *Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus |
Round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum | |
REPTILES | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii | Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata |
Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina | Black racer snake, coluber constrictor |
Eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyhinos | |
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus | |
AMPHIBIANS | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum | Fowler's toad, Anaxyrus fowleri |
INVERTEBRATES | |
Endangered: | Threatened: |
** Dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon | Pine pinion moth, Lithophane lepida lepida |
Brook floater mussel, Alasmidonta varicosa | White Mountain arctic, Oeneis melissa semidea |
Frosted elfin butterfly, Callophrys irus | Ringed boghaunter, Williamsonia lintneri |
** Karner blue butterfly, Lycaeides melissa samuelis | Hessel's hairstreak, Callophrys hesseli |
Persius duskywing skipper, Erynnis persius | Eastern pond mussel, Ligumia nasuta |
* Puritan tiger beetle, Cicindela puritana |
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Cobblestone tiger beetle, Cicindela marginipennis |
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** Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Bombus affinis | |
White Mountain fritillary, Boloria chariclea montinus |