Endangered Species Search by Area Selection
Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using
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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Louisiana may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the
North America endangered species list or see the complete
United States List.
Endangered species found in Louisiana:
| | Species Name | Scientific Name | Group |
|---|
| 1. | Alabama Heelsplitter | Potamilus inflatus | Clams |
| 2. | Alabama Shad | Alosa alabamae | Fishes |
| 3. | Alligator Snapping Turtle | Macrochelys temminckii | Reptiles |
| 4. | American Chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | Plants |
| 5. | Bachman's Sparrow | Aimophila aestivalis | Birds |
| 6. | Black Grouper | Epinephelus nigritus | Fishes |
| 7. | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Birds |
| 8. | Black-capped Vireo | Vireo atricapilla | Birds |
| 9. | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Birds |
| 10. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds |
| 11. | Caribbean Reef Shark | Carcharhinus perezi | Fishes |
| 12. | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Birds |
| 13. | Common Sawfish | Pristis pristis | Fishes |
| 14. | Crawfish Frog | Lithobates areolatus | Amphibians |
| 15. | Crystal Darter | Crystallaria asprella | Fishes |
| 16. | Donkey Fish | Dermatolepis inermis | Fishes |
| 17. | Duckbill Cat | Polyodon spathula | Fishes |
| 18. | Freckled Darter | Percina lenticula | Fishes |
| 19. | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Birds |
| 20. | Gopher Frog | Rana capito | Amphibians |
| 21. | Gopher Tortoise | Gopherus polyphemus | Reptiles |
| 22. | Greater Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus cupido attwateri | Birds |
| 23. | Gulf Sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus | Fishes |
| 24. | Hammerhead Shark | Sphyrna mokarran | Fishes |
| 25. | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Birds |
| 26. | Hodges' Clubtail | Gomphus hodgesi | Insects |
| 27. | Jaguar  | Panthera onca | Mammals |
| 28. | Largetooth Sawfish | Pristis perotteti | Fishes |
| 29. | Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | Birds |
| 30. | Lined Seahorse | Hippocampus erectus | Fishes |
| 31. | Louisiana Pearl Shell | Margaritifera hembeli | Clams |
| 32. | Louisiana Pine Snake | Pituophis ruthveni | Reptiles |
| 33. | Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | Fishes |
| 34. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds |
| 35. | One-finned Shark | Heptranchias perlo | Fishes |
| 36. | Orconectes maletae | Orconectes maletae | Crustaceans |
| 37. | Orconectes blacki | Orconectes blacki | Crustaceans |
| 38. | Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Birds |
| 39. | Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | Fishes |
| 40. | Pink Mucket Pearlymussel | Lampsilis abrupta | Clams |
| 41. | Pondberry | Lindera melissifolia | Plants |
| 42. | Quillwort | Isoetes louisianensis | Plants |
| 43. | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | Birds |
| 44. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds |
| 45. | Ringed Sawback | Graptemys oculifera | Reptiles |
| 46. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds |
| 47. | Sand Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Fishes |
| 48. | Smalltooth Sawfish | Pristis pectinata | Fishes |
| 49. | Southern Snaketail | Ophiogomphus australis | Insects |
| 50. | Spotted Eagle Ray | Aetobatus narinari | Fishes |
| 51. | Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Birds |
| 52. | Texas Emerald | Somatochlora margarita | Insects |
| 53. | Texas Heelsplitter | Potamilus amphichaenus | Clams |
| 54. | West Indian Manatee | Trichechus manatus | Mammals |
| 55. | Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Birds |
