Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife

Endangered Species of Delaware

Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum)
Barking Treefrog (Hyla gratiosa)

Birds

Brown Creeper^BR (Certhia americana)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Pied-billed Grebe^BR (Podilymbus podiceps)
Northern Harrier^BR (Circus cyaneus)
Cooper’s Hawk^BR (Accipiter cooperii)
Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Northern Parula^BR (Parula americana)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Short-eared Owl^BR (Asio flammeus)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger
Sparrow, Henslow's (Ammodramus henslowii)
Common Tern^BR (Sterna hirundo)
Forster’s Tern^BR (Sterna forsteri)
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Hooded Warbler^BR (Wilsonia citrina)
Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Fish

Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus)

Insects

Little White Tiger Beetle (Cicindela lepida)
White Tiger Beetle (Cicindela dorsalis)
Seth Forest Scavenger Beetle (Hydrochus spp.)
Frosted Elfin (Incisalia irus)
Bethany Firefly (Photuris bethaniensis)
Hessel’s Hairstreak (Mitoura hesseli)
King’s Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta)
Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit chermocki)

Mammals

Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus)

Mollusks

Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
Eastern Lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)
Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Eastern Pondmussel (Ligumia nasuta)
Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa)
Tidewater Mucket (Leptodea ochracea)

Reptiles

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Bog Turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)