Species of Greatest Conservation Need

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Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Approved On: 03/18/2024; Data Updated: 06/16/2025)
Scientifc Name Common Name Taxonomic Group Federal Status State Status Global Rank State Rank Endemic
Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's plover Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S3B No
Chlidonias niger black tern Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4G5 S3 No
Chordeiles minor common nighthawk Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S4B No
Coccyzus americanus yellow-billed cuckoo Birds T
11/03/2014
Not Listed G5 S4S5B No
Colinus virginianus northern bobwhite Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4G5 S4B No
Coturnicops noveboracensis yellow rail Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4 S3N No
Dryobates borealis red-cockaded woodpecker Birds T
11/25/2024
E
05/19/1974
G3 S2 No
Egretta rufescens reddish egret Birds Not Listed T
07/18/1977
G4 S2B No
Elanoides forficatus swallow-tailed kite Birds Not Listed T
07/18/1977
G5 S2B No
Empidonax traillii extimus southwestern willow flycatcher Birds E
02/27/1995
E
01/30/1997
G5T2 S1B No
Euphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's blackbird Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S5 No
Falco femoralis septentrionalis northern aplomado falcon Birds E
03/27/1986
E
03/01/1987
G4T2T3 S1 No
Glaucidium brasilianum ferruginous pygmy-owl Birds Not Listed T
07/18/1977
G5 S2? No
Grus americana whooping crane Birds E
03/11/1967
E
05/19/1974
G1 S1S2N No
Lanius ludovicianus loggerhead shrike Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4 S4B No
Laterallus jamaicensis black rail Birds T
11/09/2020
T
03/30/2020
G3 S2 No
Leiothlypis virginiae Virginia's warbler Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S3B No
Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's gull Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S2N No
Limosa haemastica Hudsonian godwit Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4 S2 No
Melanerpes erythrocephalus red-headed woodpecker Birds Not Listed Not Listed G5 S3B No
Micrathene whitneyi elf owl Birds Not Listed Not Listed G4 S4B No
Mycteria americana wood stork Birds Not Listed T
07/18/1977
G4 SHB,S3N No
Numenius borealis Eskimo curlew Birds E
03/11/1967
E
05/19/1974
GH SHN No
Onychoprion fuscatus sooty tern Birds Not Listed T
03/01/1987
G5 S1B No
Pachyramphus aglaiae rose-throated becard Birds Not Listed T
03/01/1987
G4G5 S1 No