The species profiles below are a one-stop-shop for information about the the Service's Southeast region is responsible for protecting and/or recovering.

Our Species

A dark grey bird with black cap flying low over the water

Black-capped petrels are pelagic seabirds that only nest on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Known as one of the gadfly petrels because of their speedy, weaving flight, black-capped petrels are widely distributed and travel long distances to foraging areas in the western Atlantic and...

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On March 28, 1985, the Blue Ridge goldenrod was placed on the Federal list of threatened and endangered species as threatened. Today, only three populations are known to exist – one each at Hanging Rock and Grandfather mountains in Avery County, North Carolina, and one at Roan Mountain on the...

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