Connecticut Endangered and Threatened Species Fact Sheets

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Endangered Mammals

Least Shrew       (Least ShrewPDF)

Endangered Birds

• American Bittern (PDF American Bittern)
• Common Moorhen (PDF Common Moorhen)
• Grasshopper Sparrow (PDF Grasshopper sparrow)
• King Rail (PDF King Rail)
• Long-eared Owl (PDF long eared owl)
• Northern Harrier (PDF Northern Harrier)
• Pied-billed Grebe (PDF pied billed grebe)
• Red-headed Woodpecker (PDF Red headed woodpecker)
• Roseate Tern (PDF Roseate Tern)
• Sedge Wren (PDF sedge wren)
• Sharp-shinned Hawk (PDF sharp shinned hawk)
• Upland Sandpiper (PDF upland sandpiper)
• Vesper Sparrow (PDF vesper sparrow)
• Yellow-breasted Chat (PDF yellow breasted chat)

Endangered Reptiles

• Bog Turtle (PDF Bog turtle)
• Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle (PDF Atlantic Ridley sea turtle)
• Leatherback Sea Turtle (PDF leatherback sea turtle)
• Timber Rattlesnake (PDF Timber rattlesnake)

Endangered Amphibians

• Blue-spotted Salamander (diploid populations) (PDF Blue-spotted Salamander)
• Eastern Spadefoot (PDF Eastern Spadefoot)

Endangered Invertebrates

Puritan Tiger Beetle        (Puritan Tiger BeetlePDF)

Threatened Birds

• Bald Eagle (PDF Bald Eagle)
• Great Egret (PDF Great Egret)
• Least Bittern (PDF Least Bittern)
• Least Tern (PDF Least Tern)
• Peregrine Falcon (PDF Peregrine Falcon)
• Piping Plover (PDF piping plover)
• Short-eared Owl (PDF short eared owl)
• Snowy Egret (PDF snowy egret)

Threatened Reptiles

• Atlantic Green Sea Turtle (PDF Atlantic Green Sea Turtle)
• Five-lined Skink (PDF Five-lined Skink)
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle (PDF Loggerhead Sea Turtle)

Threatened Amphibians

• Northern Slimy Salamander (PDF Northern Slimy Salamander)
• Northern Spring Salamander (PDF Northern Spring Salamander)

Special Concern Birds

Purple Martin  (Purple MartinPDF)

Special Concern Reptiles

• Common Ribbonsnake (PDF Common Ribbonsnake)
• Eastern Box Turtle (PDF Eastern Box Turtle)
• Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (PDF Eastern Hog-nosed Snake)
• Northern Diamondback Terrapin (PDF Northern Diamondback Terrapin)
• Spotted Turtle (PDF Spotted Turtle)
• Wood Turtle (PDF Wood Turtle)

Special Concern Amphibians

• Blue-spotted Salamander "complex" (PDF Blue-spotted Salamander)
• Jefferson Salamander (PDF Jefferson Salamander)
• Mudpuppy (PDF Mudpuppy)