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Endangered/Threatened/Extinct Species in South Dakota

The following species found in South Dakota are either threatened, proposed threatened, or endangered at a Federal and/or State level.  Also note the two extinct species once found in South Dakota, the Passenger Pigeon and the Carolina Parakeet.  Click on the species name to link to the individual species page on this web site (if active).  Click on the "Links" numbers to go to external web pages regarding that species.

SPECIES Federal State Links
American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus T 1
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus T E 1 - 2
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis E E 1
Interior Least Tern Sterna antillarum athalassos E E 1
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus PT 1 - 2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus T 1 - 2 - 3
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus E 1 - 2 - 3
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus T T 1
Whooping Crane Grus americana E E 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius

EXTINCT

 1 - 2 - 3
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis EXTINCT 1 - 2

PT = Proposed Threatened     T = Threatened    E = Endangered    

Table info from South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Wildlife Diversity Program

 

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This page was last edited on 01/04/07