WNY Endangered Species
Animal |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
NYS List |
| Reptile | Bog Turtle | Clemmys muhlenbergii | Endangered |
| Reptile | Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake | Sistrurus catenatus | Endangered |
| Reptile | Queen Snake | Regina septemvittata | Endangered |
| Reptile | Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | Threatened |
| Reptile | Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus | Threatened |
| Bird | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Endangered |
| Bird | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Endangered |
| Bird | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Endangered |
| Bird | Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Endangered |
| Bird | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Endangered |
| Bird | Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Endangered |
| Bird | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Threatened |
| Bird | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Threatened |
| Bird | Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Threatened |
| Bird | Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Threatened |
| Bird | King Rail | Rallus elegans | Threatened |
| Bird | Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Threatened |
| Bird | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Threatened |
| Bird | Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | Threatened |
| Bird | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Threatened |
| Mammal | Grey Wolf | Canis lupus | Extirpated |
| Mammal | Eastern Cougar | Felis concolor cougar | Extirpated |
| Mammal | Indiana Bat | Myotis sodalis | Endangered |


Western New York covering DEC regions 7, 8, & 9