Rusty-patched Bumblebee: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92721249
American Elm: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92161707
Wood Stork: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67801292
Whooping Crane: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66742130
Grizzly Bear: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58284570
Gray Wolf: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53422412
Green Ash: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51404436
Some of mine (to date I’ve seen 18, but there are probably rarer ones that aren’t recognized as such, like Cobaea flava, Ayenia lopez-mirandae, Sida decandra, Boerhavia verbenacea)
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Forpus coelestis. Very abundant here, before iNaturalist, I had no idea it was endangered
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This eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) which comes as a surprise to me since it’s planted everywhere here
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Jatropha nudicaulis. Mine are the first records ever for Peru!
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But my favorite out of all of these, is Priogymnanthus apertus, from the olive family. Just by luck, I’m now the person who has probably seen it the most! (my observations)
On a trip to Wasaga, I saw a few Great Egrets. It was quiet the sight to see, as they towered over the only other birds around, seagulls. I also observed one hunting, striking the water to catch small fish. A total of two were observed.
Getting a photo was quite the challenge as whenever I got close, it flew to another part of the beach. When I would reach it again, it would fly even further away. This happened over and over again. When I finally had some photos, I was out of breath.
The Egret was the highlight of my trip!
According to iNat, Great Egrets are vulnerable in Canada.
View my observation here:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/97413884
painted storks, black headed ibis and that’s all, no decent pic
I’ve seen several endangered birds, of course. But the endangered species I’ve seen that is dearest to me is the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee. I’ve seen them several times, mostly on the tomato flowers in my garden! 
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(S=state, F=federally, T=threatened, E=endangered)
When I visited Kissimmee Prairie Preserve in central Florida I saw:
Florida grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum floridanus FE
Audubon’s crested caracara Polyborus plancus audubonii FT
Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens FT
Florida burrowing owl Athene cunicularia floridana ST
Florida sandhill crane Antigone canadensis pratensis ST
Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ST
While visiting Ship Island in Mississippi I saw:
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus FT
In Louisiana I have seen:
Red‐cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis FE
In Texas I have seen:
American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum ST
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens ST
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus ST
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi ST
Wood Stork Mycteria americana ST
Chapman’s Fringed Orchid Platanthera chapmanii not protected by law, but is G2/S1 ranked
“Only recently recognized as a distinct species, recent (2002 & 2003) surveys have found few to 1000s of plants in Florida and Texas. Most occurrences are on protected lands.”
Global Abundance: 250 - 10,000 individuals
I have 65 species in the NT->CR category, as well as a handful that have not been assessed, but will undoubtedly fall into that category once they are assessed.
I’m on an island in SE Asia, so we have a lot of endemic species, many of which are in one of the endangered type rankings as a result of their extremely limited range, so I kind of have an unfair advantage with a question like this. Some of these species are locally quite common, others are extremely rare even locally.
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I got to cross off quite a few endangered species on a family trip to southern Africa a few years back, most notably a pack of African wild dogs, a black rhino, white-backed vultures, hooded vultures, cape cormorants, and African penguins. I’ve also seen sea otters in Alaska.
Locally (in Illinois) I’ve kept an eye on a sapling ash tree for a couple years, which is exciting since all the mature ones are long gone in my area due to emerald ash borers. I also saw a merlin, which iNat says is extinct in Illinois, but clearly it is not.
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My lists, according to its categories:
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/1478991-Threatened-Birds
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/1479022-Threatened-Mammals
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/1479017-Threatened-Plants
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/1479006-Threatened-Reptiles
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I don’t think you can count the zebra
There are a bunch of bird species on there I didn’t include in my Texas list. The Wood Stork and Peregrine Falcon are state designated Threatened so I included those. Bald Eagle used to be but it has been delisted (status Vulnerable). I looked at status of the others and they are marked Vulnerable or Near Threatened, except for the Sharp-shinned Hawk which I’m surprised to learn is Imperiled in Texas (S2 rank).
Edit: I missed the line saying we are including VU and NT
mine as determined by official status:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=mmmiller&view=species
But the top two species are not uncommon at all here: Bald Eagle and Trumpeter Swans. TRSW are almost as ubiquitous as Canada Geese here - with the exception you’ll see more CAGE on grass and in city parks than TRSW. But go abit away from the most urban areas and there are Swans everywhere. We saw about 7 today.
And Bald Eagles. Well, I’ve seen them soaring in my neighborhood (definitely urban). We have so much water around here that they’re everywhere. Last week, we visited a park south of us on the Mississippi River (Minnesota) where the water is open year around where there can be upwards of 100 BAEA present (this time of year). It’s interesting listening to them ‘talk’. They’re very squeaky!
Common Grackles are also not hard to find in the summer.
It was a thrill to find my first (and so far, only) Rusty-patched Bumble Bee. And we were hiking in a park in 2019 and wondered what all those butterflies were that looked kind of like Monarchs but weren’t. We happened upon a photographer that gets special permission to go off trail to photograph them: Regal Fritillary.
A ‘local’ white whale I wouldn’t mind finding is the Karner Blue Butterfly.
167 species, most of them just vulnerable or near threatened
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=dawicho
My 10 favs:
Nasa aequatoriana , Peperomia miqueliana , Columnea ovatifolia , Condor , Spectacled bear , Centrolene heloderma , Paramo cutin , Peperomia pachystachya , Galapagos penguin , Plate Billed Mountain toucan
Also some critically endangered: Peperomia miqueliana, Waved Albatros, Elaphoglossum sprucei and Carex lapazensis
I have seen feathers of the macqueen bustard (vulnerable species), however its been ages since I’ve seen a living individual
I’ve seen northern lapwings and Eurasian curlews which are near threatened
I saw a turtle dove 10 years ago but it was still least concern at the time, now it’s vulnerable
I’ve seen the socotra cormorant and the giant spike-tailed agama, which are both vulnerable
Several species of Helminthoglypta, Physa zionis, Glyptostoma gabrielense, all snails. California salamanders, probably a few other species I’m forgetting or didn’t realize were endangered at the time.
Thanks,
Arthroverts
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Green Ash, Black Ash, White Ash, and Chimney Swift are all common in my area, it may not remain that way for much longer for any of those species, though.
I also see Whooping Cranes fairly regularly.
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Oooff… some days I think they are all endangered.
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Two, apparently: an osprey and a barrel cactus. I’m not sure whether to be grateful or concerned that I haven’t seen more.
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I see that if I do a search for threatened species I have seen 101 of them:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&threatened&user_id=susanhewitt&view=species
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When I was stationed in Hawaii, I made a point of visiting as many of the neighbor islands as I could.
Niihau has been a secretive island for a long time, hence little known in terms of biodiversity; but more recently, there have been helicopter tours of the uninhabited sections, which end with a visit to a remote beach far from the settlement. On that beach, I came over a small rise and unexpectedly came upon this Hawaiian Monk Seal:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101745218
And back of the beach were these Laysan Albatrosses:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101745216
Kahoolawe is still largely forbidden territory due to the unexploded ordnance left over from its years as a bombing range, but there is a Native-led organization working on restoring it. Near the summit was this yellow-flowered form of Wiliwili:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101827072
On the Big Island, I visited Kilauea, not to see the lava flows, but to see the Hawaiian Goose:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101920195
But even on urbanized and crowded Oahu, endangered plants still hold on in the more remote sections. Here is an `Olopu:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101800352
Annual Nehe:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101800341
Corkscrew Beggarticks:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101800328
And another observation of Wiliwili:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101800335
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Ohh good to know! Glad that there’s likely to be no shortage of the little fellas in my area, at least for the moment.