Long time since I’ve been on the forums! Anyway, what endangered species have you found? I noticed that redwings are a common migrating bird here and are “Near Threatened”.
It is the same for the Eurasian Oystercatcher, except they nest here. I was lucky enough to see chicks last year but I wasn’t carrying my camera which I am still gutted about.
It made me wonder what species have others seen that are endangered? Not necessarily endangered either, for example me having seen species that are for example near threatened. If you have, how common is the species in your area?
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I’m in a pretty big hotspot for Bombus affinis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74566983
For state endangered, Black-billed Cuckoo
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55536924
and American Bittern
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29843005
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=marina_gorbunova&view=species
I can’t find the previous topic about rare species, so it’s easier just to post the link.)
Take in mind, most local statuses are not on iNat, so it’s IUCN only.
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I have seen lots of species that are sadly in endangered status - rhinos, elephants, African penguins, etc.
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A lot of species (literally any animal and plants is endangered in Chile), but what is crazy to me is finding endangered to critically endangered elasmobranch in fish markets (in Brazil, Perú, Chile, etc)… is pretty common…
my list is here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&quality_grade=research&threatened&user_id=diegoalmendras&verifiable=any&view=species
One important thing to note is that not all animals are addressed properly, any organism DD may be in endangered :/
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This Hualapai Buckmoth was a surprise
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42960250
This Bengal Slow Loris was great to watch, but uncooperative for photos.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102938685
Irrawaddy Dolphin:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102934175
Tarahumara Salamander:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102790820
Craugastor tarahumaraensis:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36984189
This sighting made my day. She had a youngster with her, Bornean Orangutan
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16871492
I have more, but this is the highlight reel so to speak.
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93284356
The Black Crowned-Night Heron (vulnerable)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103228322
Common Grackle. They’re fairly common in my area, especially in the autumn, so I was surprised to learn of their near threatened status. I’m used to seeing hundreds of grackles descending from the skies to feast on acorns and seeds.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98245629
The African Spurred Tortoise is the only endangered species I “found” but it was somebody’s pet. I did some research and apparently it’s not a good idea to own these as their long lifespans means rescues get overwhelmed when owners decide they’re too much to handle.
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Amorpha canescens (Critically endangered in my state)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31712254
Pied-billed Grebe [EN]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100895920
Bombus fraternus [EN]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100881517
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When I visit Sanibel and Captiva islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida, I see the West Indian Manatee (endangered) and the Gopher Tortoise (threatened) both of which are lovely animals that seem to me to be reasonably common in that general area although probably not nearly as common as they are supposed to be.
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20 species from 102 observations found using the Inat filter for threatened.
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Several vulnerable, but here are the ones that are specifically “endangered.” Breaks my heart.
Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97815167
Bombus fraternus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98380710
Longleaf Pine
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107076769
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What!? The grackles being in danger is also news to me, I used to live near many of them. They’re a favorite local of mine :C
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being lucky enough to have visited southern Africa and the Galapagos, there are quite some… 82 species so far, too many to name them all.
Most impressive ones for me at that moment, because I was so aware of what I am wittnessing right now:
one specific Rhino observation on an empty dust road all alone while listening to the news on the radio reporting on how Rhino poaching had gone up at that time drastically while watching a female Rhino and her young disappear into the bush… I actually cried
An unexpected meeting with a turtle in the Red Sea also all alone far off the typical snorkeling points, which was so peaceful
my very first encounter with a lion in the wild after lions had been my favourit animal since early childhood days. However, any encounter with big wild cats in the wild are especially impressive.
My first ever encounter with a whale … unfortunately beached and dead at the shores of Denmark. It was so disturbing to see parents allowing kids to climb the carcass of the second one as if there was no respect for life at all… but the one in the observations was fortunatel too far out in the waves and safe from the growd
And with me not beeing especially into plants I anyhow was felt almost blessed when I saw Welwitschia plants in the namib desert as they always impressed me when hearing or reading of them e.g. in biology classes
Other encounters with endangered species:
Ecuador (incl. Galapagos) - 33
South Africa - 18
Namibia - 13
Egypt (all from the Red Sea) - 12
Germany - 9
Denmark - 2
Peru - 1
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=ajott
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The filter for threatened doesn’t seem to work very well for me: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=geichhorn&view=species. For me it shows 271 species. However, it shows several species that are not threatened (eg. Green Iguana, Kob, Waterbuck, Hartebeest). How come?
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ssp. are threatened https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72484985
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72637128
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57167743
Don’t understand why iguana is shown.
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Heart breaking story about that beached whale. As you mentioned, I can’t believe that some people have no respect for the dead. It is more common than I imagined to find people “playing with the dead”.
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Platanthera pallida, only found in a few spots on Long Island!
I also looked for Sphaeroma papillae, which I thought was going to be endangered due to its tiny range around a metropolis but was pleasantly suprised to find over 10 new populations last winter. It actually seems pre-adapted to human habitat alterations, only occuring where freshwater runs through rocky intertidal zones (such as storm drain outlets), so it’s very far from endangered as of now
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The species I have seen with an endangered status (in Ontario) is Piping Plover, Loggerhead Shrike , Four-toothed Mason Wasp, Wall-Rue, Riffle Snaketail, Horned Seablite, and Bug-on-a-stick (a moss). The only one with a S1 rating is Piping Plover, the rest have S2 or S2S3.
If you check the IUCN site, the listing is “precautionary” based on a 50% reduction in population from 1970 to 2018. They also claim roughly 69,000,000 individuals in the population! Apparently Idaho considers them critically imperiled, but that’s at the very edge of their normal range.
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California Condor, Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Golden-banded Skipper (Arkansas), Graham’s Crayfish Snake (Arkansas), Utah Prairie Dog, Ebonyshell (Illinois) and Whooping Crane are listed as endangered. The threatened filter captures some that seem not so threatened for me too. The most glaring are Gray Treefrog (near threatened) and American Coot (vulnerable). Coots are pretty ubiquitous here in Northwest Arkansas. Beats me on that one.