Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of NH

Important Information on the 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.

 

 

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.

MAMMALS

Endangered:    

  • Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus    
  • Northern long-eared bat*, Myotis septentrionalis     
  • Tri-colored bat, Perimyotis subflavus
  • Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii 
  • New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis     
  • Canada lynx*, Lynx canadensis     
  • Eastern wolf**, Canis lupus

Threatened:

  • None listed at this time. 

BIRDS

Endangered:

  • Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus
  • Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
  • Piping plover*, Charadrius melodus
  • Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
  • Roseate tern**, Sterna dougallii
  • Least tern, Sterna antillarum
  • Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos

Threatened:

  • Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
  • Common loon, Gavia immer
  • Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
  • Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  • Red knot*, Calidris canutus
  • Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Purple martin, Progne subis
  • Cerulean warbler, Setophaga cerulea
  • Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna
  • Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum

FISH

Endangered:

  • American brook lamprey, Lethenteron appendix
  • Shortnose sturgeon**, Acipenser brevirostrum

Threatened:

  • Bridle shiner, Notropis bifrenatus
  • Atlantic sturgeon*, Acipenser oxyrinchus
  • Round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum

REPILES

Endangered:

  • Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii
  • Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina
  • Eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyhinos     
  • Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus

Threatened:

  • Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata
  • Black racer snake, coluber constrictor

AMPHIBIANS

Endangered:

  • Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum

Threatened:

  • Fowler's toad, Anaxyrus fowleri

INVERTEBRATES

Endangered:

  • Dwarf wedgemussel**, Alasmidonta heterodon
  • Brook floater mussel, Alasmidonta varicosa
  • Frosted elfin butterfly, Callophrys irus 
  • Karner blue butterfly**, Lycaeides melissa samuelis    
  • Persius duskywing skipper, Erynnis persius
  • Puritan tiger beetle*, Cicindela puritana
  • Cobblestone tiger beetle, Cicindela marginipennis    
  • Rusty Patched Bumblebee**, Bombus affinis   
  • White Mountain fritillary, Boloria chariclea montinus

Threatened:

  • Pine pinion moth, Lithophane lepida lepida
  • White Mountain arctic, Oeneis melissa semidea
  • Ringed boghaunter, Williamsonia lintneri
  • Hessel's hairstreak, Callophrys hesseli
  • Eastern pond mussel, Ligumia nasuta

 

* = Federally threatened
** = Federally endangered.