Bird Conservation Strategy for region 12 in Quebec: priority species

Table 1. Priority species in Bird Conservation Region (BCR) 12- Quebec (QC) population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Priority species^{Footnote 1}	Bird group	Population objective	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)^{Footnote 2}	Species at Risk Act (SARA)^Footnote3	Provincial listing^{Footnote 4}	National/ continental concern^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Regional concern^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Continental stewardship^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Regional stewardship ^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Conservation category and rule^{Footnote 6} (shorebirds)	National priority level^{Footnote 7} (waterbirds)	North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) rank^{Footnote 8} (waterfowl)	Expert review^Footnote9 (added to priority list)
American Three-toed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes (Y)
Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Bald Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	Vulnerable (V)	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Bank Swallow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barn Swallow	Landbird	Increase 100%	Threatened (T)	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belted Kingfisher	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Bicknell's Thrush^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	V	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Black-billed Cuckoo	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Blackburnian Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Black-throated Green Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Bobolink	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boreal Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Broad-winged Hawk	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Brown Creeper	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Brown Thrasher	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Canada Warbler^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Cerulean Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective	Endangered (E)	E	T	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Chimney Swift^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Connecticut Warbler	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Meadowlark	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern whip-poor-will^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Landbird	Increase 50%	Special Concern (SC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Field Sparrow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Golden-winged Warbler^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Least Flycatcher	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Mourning Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Nashville Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Flicker	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Saw-whet Owl (acadicus)	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Olive-sided Flycatcher^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovenbird	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V^{Footnote 11}	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pine Grosbeak	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Purple Finch	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Ruffed Grouse	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Rusty Blackbird^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedge Wren	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl^{Footnote 10}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Veery	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Wood Thrush	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Killdeer	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Solitary Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3b	-	-	Y
American Bittern	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Sora	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Virginia Rail	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	Not Applicable (N/A)	-
Common Goldeneye	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately high	-
Hooded Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Wood Duck	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately low	Y

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Conservation species are in shaded cells. Stewardship species are in unshaded cells.

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Footnote 2

COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) assessment: E = Endangered; T = Threatened; SC = Special Concern.

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Footnote 3

Species listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA): E = Endangered; T = Threatened; SC = Special Concern (Species at Risk Public Registry 2012).

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Footnote 4

Status under the Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables (Quebec): T = Threatened, V = Vulnerable, L = Likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable.

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Footnote 5

Taken from the online database from www.partnersinflight.org. Consult Panjabi et al. (2002) for the analytical method.

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Footnote 6

Conservation concern at the level of the U.S. and Canada as identified in the Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plan (Donaldson et al. 2000). Score 5 is "Highly imperilled" and a score of 1 is "Not at risk". Refer to Donaldson et al. (2000) for the complete description of each category of conservation concern.

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Footnote 7

Priority tiers at the country level as identified in "Wings Over Water", Canada's waterbird conservation plan (Milko et al. 2003). Tier 1 is highest priority.

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Footnote 8

NAWMP: North American Waterfowl Management Plan (North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Plan Committee, 2004).

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Footnote 9

Expert review indicates species that were added to the priority list as a result of expert opinion, justifications for addition are presented in Appendix 3 of the full strategy. The species that were removed, along with their conservation features and the justification for removal, are also presented in the same Appendix.

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Footnote 10

The species is listed under SARA, but its recovery documents have not yet been finalized.

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Footnote 11

Under the Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables (Québec), the subspecies anatum is designated / whereas the subspecies tundrius is listed as Likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable.

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