MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • February 19, 2023
Here are the species on Maine’s current endangered list:
Birds
American pipit
black tern
golden eagle
grasshopper sparrow
least tern
peregrine falcon
piping plover
roseate tern
sedge wren
Mammals
little brown bat
New England cottontail
northern long-eared bat
Reptiles
black racer (snake)
Blanding’s turtle
Fish
redfin pickerel
Butterflies
Edwards’ hairstreak
Frigga fritillary
Hessel’s hairstreak
Juniper hairstreak
Katahdin arctic
Other invertebrates
cobblestone tiger beetle
Six-whorl Vertigo (snail)
Note: Not included are two species slated to be removed from the list: box turtle and rapids clubtail (dragonfly)