Bird Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

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Whooping Cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Photographed by Steve Hillebrand (Flying), Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Inset Courtesy USFWS
Whooping Cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Photographed by Steve Hillebrand (Flying), Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Inset Courtesy USFWS.
This species is listed as ENDANGERED.
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ONE in every eight birds are currently
                                                                  ENDANGERED...

One in eight birds are currently endangered, mostly due to habitat destruction and invasion by non-native species. LEARN MORE

The following bird species are currently listed
                             under the Endangered Species Act…

ESA Listed Bird Species
Species photos, info and distribution maps will be posted as they become available.

Status Species Name  Common (Scientific)
E Akepa, Hawaii (honeycreeper) (Loxops coccineus coccineus)
E Akepa, Maui (honeycreeper) (Loxops coccineus ochraceus)
E Akialoa, Kauai (honeycreeper) (Hemignathus procerus)
E Akiapola`au (honeycreeper) (Hemignathus munroi)
E Albatross, Short-tailed [Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus]
E Blackbird, Yellow-shouldered (Agelaius xanthomus)
E Bobwhite, Masked (quail) (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)
E Cahow (Pterodroma cahow)
T Caracara, Audubon's crested (Polyborus plancus audubonii)
E,XN Condor, California (Gymnogyps californianus)
E Coot, Hawaiian (Fulica americana alai)
E Crane, Mississippi sandhill (Grus canadensis pulla)
E,XN Crane, Whooping (Grus americana)
E Creeper, Hawaii (Oreomystis mana)
E Creeper, Molokai (Paroreomyza flammea)
E Creeper, Oahu ( Paroreomyza maculata)
E Crow, Hawaiian (='alala) (Corvus hawaiiensis)
E Crow, Mariana (=aga) (Corvus kubaryi)
E Crow, White-necked (Corvus leucognaphalus)
E Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
E Duck, Hawaiian (=koloa) (Anas wyvilliana)
E Duck, Laysan (Anas laysanensis)
T Eagle, Bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
T Eider, Spectacled (Somateria fischeri)
T Eider, Steller's (Polysticta stelleri)
E Elepaio, Oahu (Chasiempis sandwichensis ibidis)
E Falcon, Northern aplomado (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)
E Finch, Laysan (honeycreeper) (Telespyza cantans)
E Finch, Nihoa (honeycreeper) (Telespyza ultima)
E Flycatcher, Southwestern willow (Empidonax traillii extimus)
T Gnatcatcher, Coastal California (Polioptila californica californica)
E Goose, Hawaiian [Branta (=Nesochen) sandvicensis]
E Hawk, Hawaiian (='lo) (Buteo solitarius)
E Hawk, Puerto Rican broad-winged (Buteo platypterus brunnescens)
E Hawk, Puerto Rican sharp-shinned (Accipiter striatus venator)
E Honeycreeper, crested (Palmeria dolei)
T Jay, Florida scrub (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
E Kingfisher, Guam Micronesian (Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina)
E Kite, Everglade snail (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
E Megapode, Micronesian (Megapodius laperouse)
E Millerbird, Nihoa (old world warbler) (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi)
T Monarch, Tinian (old world flycatcher) (Monarcha takatsukasae)
E Moorhen, Hawaiian common (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis)
E Moorhen, Mariana common (Gallinula chloropus guami)
T Murrelet, Marbled (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus)
E Nightjar, Puerto Rican (Caprimulgus noctitherus)
E Nukupu`u (honeycreeper) (Hemignathus lucidus)
E `O`o, Kauai (honeyeater) (Moho braccatus)
E `O`u (honeycreeper) (Psittirostra psittacea)
T Owl, Mexican spotted (Strix occidentalis lucida)
T Owl, Northern spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina)
E Palila (honeycreeper) (Loxioides bailleui)
E Parrot, Puerto Rican (Amazona vittata)
E Parrotbill, Maui (honeycreeper) (Pseudonestor xanthophrys)
E Pelican, Brown (Pelecanus occidentalis)
E Petrel, Hawaiian dark-rumped (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis)
E Pigeon, Puerto Rican plain (Columba inornata wetmorei)
E,T Plover, Piping (Charadrius melodus)
T Plover, Western snowy (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
E Po`ouli (honeycreeper) (Melamprosops phaeosoma)
E Prairie-chicken, Attwater's greater (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)
E Pygmy-owl, Cactus ferruginous (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum)
E Rail, California clapper (Rallus longirostris obsoletus)
E,XN Rail, Guam (Rallus owstoni)
E Rail, Light-footed clapper (Rallus longirostris levipes)
E Rail, Yuma clapper (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
T Shearwater, Newell's Townsend's (Puffinus auricularis newelli)
E Shrike, San Clemente loggerhead (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi)
E Sparrow, Cape Sable seaside (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)
E Sparrow, Florida grasshopper (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus)
T Sparrow, San Clemente sage (Amphispiza belli clementeae)
E Stilt, Hawaiian (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)
E Stork, Wood (Mycteria americana)
E Swiftlet, Mariana gray (Aerodramus vanikorensis bartschi)
E Tern, California least (Sterna antillarum browni)
E Tern, Least (Sterna antillarum)
E,T Tern, Roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
E Thrush, Large Kauai (=kamao) (Myadestes myadestinus)
E Thrush, Molokai (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha)
E Thrush, Small Kauai (=puaiohi) (Myadestes palmeri)
T Towhee, Inyo California (Pipilo crissalis eremophilus)
E Vireo, Black-capped (Vireo atricapilla)
E Vireo, Least Bell's (Vireo bellii pusillus)
E Warbler (=wood), Bachman's (Vermivora bachmanii)
E Warbler (=wood), Golden-cheeked (Dendroica chrysoparia)
E Warbler (=wood), Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)
E Warbler, Nightingale reed (old world warbler) (Acrocephalus luscinia)
E White-eye, Bridled (Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus)
E White-eye, Rota bridled (Zosterops rotensis)
E Woodpecker, Ivory-billed (Campephilus principalis)
E Woodpecker, Red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

ESA Species Status Codes
E -- Endangered
T -- Threatened
EmE -- Emergency Listing, Endangered
EmT -- Emergency Listing Threatened
EXPE, XE -- Experimental Population, Essential
EXPN, XN -- Experimental Population, Non-Essential
SAE, E(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to an Endangered Taxon
SAT, T(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon
PE -- Proposed Endangered
PT -- Proposed Threatened
PEXPE, PXE -- Proposed Experimental Population, Essential
PEXPN, PXN -- Proposed Experimental Population, Non-Essential
PSAE, PE(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to an Endangered Taxon
PSAT, PT(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon
C -- Candidate Taxon, Ready for Proposal
D3A -- Delisted Taxon, Evidently Extinct
D3B -- Delisted Taxon, Invalid Name in Current Scientific Opinion
D3C -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered
DA -- Delisted Taxon, Amendment of the Act
DM -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered, Being Monitored First Five Years
DO -- Delisted Taxon, Original Commercial Data Erroneous
DP -- Delisted Taxon, Discovered Previously Unknown Additional Populations and/or Habitat
DR -- Delisted Taxon, Taxonomic Revision (Improved Understanding)
AD -- Proposed Delisting
AE -- Proposed Reclassification to Endangered
AT -- Proposed Reclassification to Threatened.


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