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Appendix C. Birds of South Florida Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Name Federal Status State of Florida Status
Order Gaviiformes
Family Gaviidae
Common Loon (Gavia immer) *
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Order Podicipediformes
Family Podicipedidae
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Order Procellariiformes
Family Procellariidae
Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Family Hydrodatidae
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Order Pelecaniformes
Family Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Family Sulidae
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
Northern Gannet (Sula bassanus)
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
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USFWS Species of
Management Concern

Family Pelecanidae
American White Pelican (Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) SSC *
Family Phalacrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax
auritus)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Family Anhingidae
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Family Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird
(Fregata magnificens)
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Pelecanidae
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) *
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax
nycticorax)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Green Heron (Butorides striatus)
Least Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) *
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) SSC
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) SSC *
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) SSC
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) SSC
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax
violaceus)
Family Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) SSC
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) SSC
White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
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Family Ciconiidae
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) E E
Order Phoenicopteriformes
Family Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna
autumnalis)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna
bicolor)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Greater White-fronted Goose
(Anser albifrons)
Greater White-fronted Goose
(Anser albifrons)
Greater Scaup (Aythta marila)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Masked Duck (Oxyura dominica)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus
serrator)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Order Falconiformes
Family Cathartidae
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Family Accipitridae
American Swallow-tailed Kite
(Elanoides forficatus) *
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus) T T
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) *
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) SSC
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) *
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Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Everglade Snail Kite (Rostrhamus
sociabilis plumbeus) E E
Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Family Falconidae
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Southeastern American Kestrel
(F. s. paulus) T
Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
Audubon’s Crested Caracara
(P. p. audubonii) T T
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Arctic Peregrine Falcon (F. p. tundrius) E
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) *
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
King Rail (Rallus elegans)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis ) *
Family Aramidae
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) SSC *
Family Gruidae
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Florida Sandhill Crane (G. c. pratensis) T
Order Charadriiformes
Family Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
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Lesser Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) T T
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius
semipalmatus)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) *
Southeastern Snowy Plover
(C. a. tenuirostris) T
Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) *
Family Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus
palliatus) SSC
Family Recurvirostridae
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Family Scolopaciidae
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) *
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus
scolopaceus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
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Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus
griseus)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitus macularia)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) *
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Whimbrel (Numen ius phaeopus)
White-rumped Sandpiper
(Calidris fuscicollis)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Family Laridae
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) SSC
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Larus philadelphia)
Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Common Black-headed Gull
(Larus ridibundus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
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Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) T *
Lesser Black-backed GuIl (Larus fuscus)
Little Gull (Larus minutus)
Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius
longicaudus)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) T T
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri)
Family Alcidae
Dovekie (Alle alle)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Order Columbiformes
Family Columbidae
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina
passerina) *
Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)
Scaly-naped Pigeon (Columba squamosa)
White-crowned Pigeon (Columba
leucocephala) T
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
Order Cuculiformes
Family Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus
erythropthalmus)
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) *
Order Strigiformes
Family Tytonidae
Common Barn-Owl (Tyto alba) *
Family Strigidae
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) SSC *
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius
acadicus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Order Caprimulgiformes
Family Caprimulgidae
Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles
gundlacchii)
Chuck-will’s-widow (Caprimulgus
carolinensis)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles
acutipennis)
Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
Order Apodiformes
Family Apodidae
Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
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Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Family Trochilidae
Bahama Woodstar (Calliphlox evelynae)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus
alexandri)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia
yucatenensis)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus
colubris)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Order Coraciiformes
Family Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Order Piciformes
Family Picidae
Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus
principalis) E E
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) *
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes
carolinus)
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides
borealis) E T
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes
erythrocephalus)
Order Passeriformes
Family Tyrannidae
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus
cinerascens)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus
tyrannulus)
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Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus
crinitus)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus
dominicensis)
Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus
forficatus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus
rubinus)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax
flaviventris)
Family Alaudidae
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Family Hirundinidae
Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta
cyaneoviridis)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Cave Swallow (Hirundo fulva)
Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
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Family Corvidae
American Crow (Corvusbrachyrhynchos)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Florida Scrub-Jay (A. c. coerulescens) T T
Family Paridae
Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis)
Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
Family Sittidae
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Family Certhiidae
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Family Troglodytidae
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Marian’s Marsh Wren (C. p. marianae) SSC
Worthington’s marsh wren (C. p. Griseus) SSC
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) *
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Family Muscicapidae
Subfamily Sylviinae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Subfamily Turdinae
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialis sialis)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
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Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) *
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) *
Family Mimidae
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus
polyglottos)
Family Motachillidae
Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii)
Family Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Family Laniidae
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) *
Family Vireonidae
Bells’ Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus) *
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Family Emberizidae
Subfamily Parulinae
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Bachman’s Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) E E
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica
virens)
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Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica
nigrescens)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica
caerulescens) *
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) *
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica
pensylvanica)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora
chrysoptera)
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)
Kirtland’s Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) E E
Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) *
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus
noveboracensis)
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) *
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis
swainsonii) *
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
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Townsend’s Warbler (Dendroica
townsendi)
Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros
vermivorus) *
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica
coronata)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica
dominica)
Subfamily Thraupinae
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Stripe-headed Tanager (Spindalis zena)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Subfamily Cardinalinae
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus
melanocephalus)
Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea)
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinals)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) *
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus
ludovicianus)
Subfamily Emberizinae
Bachman’s Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) *
Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) *
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus
savannarum) *
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Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (A.s.
floridanus)
Harris’ Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus
henslowii) *
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) *
Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus
leconteii)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo
erythrophthalmus)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus
sandwichensis) *
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (A.m.
mirabilis E E
Scott’s Seaside Sparrow (A.m. peninsulae) SSC
Wakulla Seaside Sparrow (A.m. juncicolus) SSC
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus
caudacutus)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia
leucophrys)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia
albicollis)
Subfamily Icterinae
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) *
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus
cyanocephalus)
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) *
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Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius
phoeniceus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus
xanthocephalus)
Family Fringillidae
Subfamily Carduelinae
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
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Appendix D. Federally Threatened and Endangered Species of the South Florida Ecosystem, and Their Status for
the State of Florida.
Name Federal Status State of Florida Status
Mammals (except whales)
Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) E E
Mountain lion (Felis concolor) T(S/A) E
Florida black bear
(Ursus americanus floridanus) C T
Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) E E
Key Largo cotton mouse (Peromyscus
gossypinus allapaticola) E E
Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana
smalli) E E
Silver rice rat (Oryzomys palustris natator) E E
Lower Keys marsh rabbit
(Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) E E
Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus
polionotus niveiventris) T T
West Indian manatee
(Trichechus manatus latirostris) E E
Birds
Crested caracara
(Polyborus plancus audubonii) T T
Bachman’s warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) E E
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) T T
Cape Sable seaside sparrow
(Ammodramus (=Ammospiza)
maritimus mirabilis) E E
Snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) E E
Florida grasshopper sparrow
(Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) E E
Florida scrub-jay
(Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens) T T
Ivory-billed woodpecker
(Campephilus principalis) E E
Kirtland’s warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) E E
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) T T
C-candidate species E-endangered T-threatened T(S/A)-threatened by similarity of appearance
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Name Federal Status State of Florida Status
Red-cockaded woodpecker
(Picoides borealis) E T
Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii) T T
Wood stork (Mycteria americana) E E
Reptiles
American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) E E
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) T(S/A) SSC
Atlantic salt marsh snake (Nerodia clarkii
(=fasciata) taeniata) T T
Bluetail (blue-tailed) mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus) T T
Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi) T T
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) E E
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) E E
Kemp’s (Atlantic) ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) E E
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) E E
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) T T
Sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) T T
Invertebrates
Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Papilio aristodemus ponceanus) E E
Stock Island tree snail (Orthalicus reses reses) T T
Plants
Avon Park harebells (Crotalaria avonensis) E E
Beach jacquemontia (=clustervine) (Jacquemontia reclinata) E E
Beautiful pawpaw (Deeringothamnus pulchellus) E E
Britton’s (scrub) beargrass (Nolina brittoniana) E E
Carter’s mustard (Warea carteri) E E
Crenulate lead-plant (Amorpha crenulata) E E
Florida perforate cladonia (Cladonia perforata) E E
Deltoid spurge (Chamaesyce (=Euphorbia) deltoidea) E E
Florida bonamia (Bonamia grandiflora) T E
C-candidate species E-endangered T-threatened T(S/A)-threatened by similarity of appearance
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Name Federal Status State of Florida Status
Florida golden aster (Chrysopsis floridana) E E
Florida ziziphus (Ziziphus celata) E E
Four-petal pawpaw (Asimina tetramera) E E
Fragrant prickly-apple (Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans) E E
Garber’s spurge (Chamaesyce (=Euphorbia) garberi) T E
Garrett’s mint (Dicerandra christmanii) E E
Highlands scrub hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola) E E
Key tree-cactus (Pilosocereus robinii) E E
Lakela’s mint (Dicerandra immaculata) E E
Lewton’s polygala (Polygala lewtonii) E E
Okeechobee gourd (Cucurbita okeechobeensis ssp .
okeechobeensis) E E
Papery whitlow-wort (Paronychia chartacea) T E
Pigeon wing (Clitoria fragrans) T E
Pygmy fringe tree (Chionanthus pygmaeus) E E
Sandlace (Polygonella myriophylla) E E
Scrub blazing star (Liatris ohlingerae) E E
Scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium var.
gnaphalifolium) T E
Scrub lupine (Lupinus aridorum) E E
Scrub mint (Dicerandra frutescens) E E
Scrub plum (Prunus geniculata) E E
Short-leaved rosemary (Conradina brevifolia) E E
Small’s milkpea (Galactia smallii) E E
Snakeroot (Eryngium cuneifolium) E E
Tiny polygala (Polygala smallii) E E
Wide-leaf warea (Warea amplexifolia) E E
Wireweed (Polygonella basiramia) E E
C-candidate species E-endangered T-threatened T(S/A)-threatened by similarity of appearance
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