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Public Works Division - Main Office
 
Hours
M-F: 8am - 5pm
 
Phone
(407) 742-0662
 
Fax
(407) 742-0600
 
Address
1 Courthouse Square,
Suite 3100
Kissimmee, FL 34741

Endangered and Threatened Species

Osceola County’s floodplain provides habitat for eight known species that are considered endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Click on the name of the species below to get more information.

Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara
Photo credit Keenan Adams (USFWS)

Everglades Snail Kite

Everglades Snail Kite
Photo credit Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info

Florida Bonneted Bat

Florida Bonneted Bat
Photo credit Shalana.gray, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Florida Panther

Florida Panther
Photo credit Larry W. Richardson (USFWS)

Eastern Indigo Snake

Eastern Indigo Snake
Photo credit Dirk Stevenson

Wood Stork

Wood Stork

Eastern Black Rail

Eastern Black Rail
Photo credit Tom Johnson, Macaulay Library

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Eastern Black Rail
Photo credit Francesco Veronesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons