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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
Please mail any comments/suggestions/additional links for this page to: Terry L. Sohl
This page was last edited on 01/04/07