A List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
of New Jersey

Endangered Species are those whose chances for survival in New Jersey are in immediate danger because of a loss or change in habitat, over-exploitation, predation, competition, disease or contamination. Without human assistance they may become extinct from the state.

Threatened Species are those who may become endangered if conditions surrounding them begin to, or continue to, deteriorate.

More detailed information on these species is available by clicking the links for birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals or fish at the top of each chart section.

Species with a * means that their breeding population is considered endangered or threatened - for example, birds that stop over in NJ when they are migrating.

Species with ** are federally endangered or threatened (that means for the whole U.S.)

If you are interested in seeing a complete list of the over 500 vertebrate species in NJ ( this includes all species - not only endangered species), check this listing.

BIRDS
Endangered			Threatened
common name	scientific name
Grebe, pied-billed	Podilymbus podiceps*		Bittern, American	Botaurus lentiginosos*
Eagle, bald	Haliaeetus leucocephalis**		Heron, Great Blue	Ardea herodias*
Harrier, northern	Circus cyaneus*		Heron, Little Blue	Egretta caerulea*
Hawk, Cooper's	Accipiter cooperii		Night-heron, yellow-crowned	Nyctanassa violaceus
Hawk, red-shouldered (breeding)	Buteo lineatus		Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Falcon, peregrine	Falco peregrinus**		Goshawk, northern	Accipiter gentilis
Plover, piping	Charadrius melodus**		Hawk, red-shouldered (non-breeding)	Buteo lineatus
Sandpiper, upland	Batramia longicauda		Rail, black	Laterallus jamaicensis
Tern, roseate	Sterna dougallii		Owl, long-eared	Asio otus
Tern, least	Sterna antillarum		Owl, barred	Strix varia
Skimmer, black	Rynchops niger		Woodpecker, red-headed	Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Owl, short-eared	Asio flammeus*		Swallow, cliff	Hirundo pyrrhonota*
Wren, sedge	Cistothorus platensis		Sparrow, Savannah	Passerculus sandwichensis
Shrike, loggerhead	Lanius ludovicianus		Sparrow, grasshopper	Ammodramus savannarum
Sparrow, vesper	Pooecetes gramineus		Sparrow, Ipswich	Passerculus sanwichensis princeps
Sparrow, Henslow's	Ammodramus henslowii		Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus
REPTILES
Endangered			Threatened
Rattlesnake, timber	Crotalus horridus		Turtle, wood	Clemmys insculpta
Snake, corn	Elaphe guttata		Atlantic Green Turtle	Chelonia mydas**
Turtle, bog	Clemmys muhlenbergii		Snake, northern pine	Pituophis melanoleucus
Atlantic Hawksbill	Eretmochelys imbricata**
Atlantic Loggerhead	Caretta caretta**
Atlantic Ridley	Lepidochelys kempi**
Atlantic Leatherback	Dermochelys coriacea**
AMPHIBIANS
Endangered			Threatened
Salamander, Tremblay's	Ambystoma tremblayi		Salamander, eastern mud	Pseudotriton montanus
Salamander, blue-spotted	Ambystoma laterale		Salamander, longtail	Eurycea longicauda
Salamander, eastern tiger	Ambystoma tigrinum
Treefrog, pine barrens	Hyla andersonii
Treefrog, southern gray	Hyla chrysocelis
MAMMALS			INVERTEBRATES
Endangered			Endangered
Bobcat	Lynx rufus		Mitchell's Satyr (butterfly)	Neonympha m. mitchellii**
Woodrat, Eastern	Neotoma floridana		Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle	Cincindela d. dorsalis
Whale, sperm	Physeter macrocephalus**		American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus**
Whale, fin	Balaenoptera physalus**		Dwarf Wedge Mussel	Alasmidonta heterodon**
Whale, sei	Balaenoptera borealis**
Whale, blue	Balaenoptera musculus**
Whale, humpback	Megaptera novaeangliae**
Whale, black right	Balaena glacialis**
		FISH
Endangered Sturgeon (shortnose Acipenser brevirostrum**)