
| Common Name | Scientific Name | State Status | Federal Status |
| Birds | |||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Threatened | Threatened (PD) |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Endangered | Endangered |
| Interior Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | Endangered | Endangered |
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | Threatened | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | (DELISTED) | (DELISTED) |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Threatened | Threatened |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Endangered | Endangered |
| Mammals | |||
| Black-footed Ferret | Mustela nigripes | Endangered | Endangered |
| River Otter | Lutra canadensis | Threatened | |
| Southern Flying Squirrel | Glaucomys volans | Threatened | |
| Swift Fox | Vulpes velox | Endangered | |
| Fish | |||
| Blacknose Shiner | Notropis heterolepis | Endangered | |
| Finescale Dace | phoxinus neogaeus | Threatened | |
| Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens | Threatened | |
| Northern Redbelly Dace | Phoxinus eos | Threatened | |
| Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | Endangered | Endangered |
| Sturgeon Chub | Macrhybopsis gelida | Endangered | |
| Topeka Shiner | Notropis topeka | Endangered | Endangered |
| Insects | |||
| American Burying Beetle | Nicrophorus americanus | Endangered | Endangered |
| Salt Creek Tiger Beetle | Cicindela nevadica | Endangered | Endangered |
| Reptiles | |||
| Massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus | Threatened | |
| Plants | |||
| Blowout Penstemon | Penstemon haydenii | Endangered | Endangered |
| Colorado Butterfly Plant | Gaura neomexicana coloradensis | Endangered | Threatened |
| Ginseng | Panax quinquefolium | Threatened | |
| Ute Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes diluvialis | Threatened | Threatened |
| Saltwort | Salticornia rubra | Endangered | |
| Small White Lady's-Slipper | Cyprepedium candidum | Threatened | |
| Western Prairie Fringed Orchid | Platanthera praeclara | Threatened | Threatened |
* created from state and federal lists of the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (last updated June 2005).
PD - Proposed for delisting