Maine Endangered Species Program/State List
Maine Endangered Species
Maine Threatened Species
The following species are listed under the Maine Endangered Species
Act:
F = Federally Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
f = federally threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Maine Endangered Species
Birds
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (Breeding population only)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Least Bittern (Lxobrychus exilis)
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Breeding population only)
Piping Plover (Charadrius
melodus) f
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) F
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
Fish
Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus americanus)
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Skippers
Clayton's Copper (Lycaena dorcas claytoni)
Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
Hessel's Hairstreak (Callophrys hesseli)
Juniper hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
Katahdin Arctic (Oeneis polixenes katahdin)
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)
Mayflies
Flat-Headed Mayfly (Roaring Brook Mayfly) (Epeorus frisoni)
Mammals
New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)
Reptiles
Snakes
Black Racer (Coluber constrictor)
Turtles
Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)
Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Maine Threatened Species
Birds
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (Breeding population only)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (Breeding population only)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Fish
Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Moths
Purple Lesser Fritillary (Boloria chariclea grandis)
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri)
Freshwater Mussels
Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa)
Tidewater Mucket (Leptodea ochracea)
Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
Mayflies
Tomah Mayfly (Siphlonisca aerodromia)
Moths
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha (Aanclognatha martha)
Twilight Moth (Lucia rachalae)
Mammals
Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys borealis)
Reptiles
Turtles
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
