Several endangered and threatened animals make their homes in the Everglades Mitigation Bank.
Endangered
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
|
Birds |
Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
|
Everglades kite |
Rostrhamus socialbilis |
|
Mammals |
Florida panther |
Felis concolor coryi |
Florida mastiff bat |
Eumops glaucinus floridanus |
|
Silver rice rat |
Oryzomysargentatus |
Threatened
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
|
Birds |
Bald eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Piping plover |
Charadrius melodus |
|
White-crowned pigeon |
Columba leucocephala |
|
Least tern |
Antillarum |
|
Reptiles |
Eastern indigo snake |
Drymarchon corais couperi |
Atlantic loggerhead turtle |
Caretta caretta caretta |
|
Mammals |
Everglades mink |
Mustela vison evergladensis |
Species of special concern
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
|
Birds |
Reddish egret |
Egretta rufescens |
Roseate spoonbill |
Ajaia ajaja |
|
Little blue heron |
Egretta caerulea |
|
Snowy egret |
Egretta thula |
|
Tricolored heron |
Egretta tricolor |
|
White ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
|
Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
|
Black-skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
|
Brown pelican |
Pelacanus occidentalis |
|
Reptiles |
American crocodile |
Crocodylus acutus |
American alligator |
Alligator mississippiensis |
|
Atlantic hawksbill turtle |
|
|
Atlantic green turtle |
Chelonia mydas mydas |
|
Fish |
Rivulus |
Rivulus marmoratus |