The New York Department of Environmental Conservation website maintains a list of Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern species, including bird, mollusks, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and mammals. This list is updated regularly, so visit the site to see the most recent status of each species.

As of October 2022, the birds on the list in New York State include the following:

Endangered:

  1. Spruce Grouse
  2. Golden Eagle
  3. Peregrine Falcon
  4. Black Rail
  5. Piping Plover
  6. Eskimo Curlew (extinct)
  7. Roseate Tern
  8. Black Tern
  9. Short-eared Owl
  10. Loggerhead Shrike

Threatened:

  1. Pied-billed Grebe
  2. Least Bittern
  3. Bald Eagle
  4. Northern Harrier
  5. King Rail
  6. Upland Sandpiper
  7. Common Tern
  8. Least Tern
  9. Red Knot
  10. Sedge Wren
  11. Henslow’s Sparrow

Special Concern:

  1. Common Loon
  2. American Bittern
  3. Osprey
  4. Sharp-shinned hawk
  5. Cooper’s Hawk
  6. Northern Goshawk
  7. Red-shouldered Hawk
  8. Black Skimmer
  9. Common Nighthawk
  10. Whip-poor-will
  11. Red-headed Woodpecker
  12. Horned Lark
  13. Bicknell’s Thrush
  14. Golden-winged Warbler
  15. Cerulean Warbler
  16. Yellow-breasted Chat
  17. Vesper Sparrow
  18. Grasshopper Sparrow
  19. Seaside Sparrow