Bird Conservation Strategy for region 13 in Quebec: pirority species

Table 1. Priority species in BCR 13 Quebec, population objective and the reason for priority status.
Priority species^{Table 1, Footnote[1]}	Bird group	Population objective	COSEWIC^{Table 1, Footnote[2]}	SARA^{Table 1, Footnote[3]}	Provincial listing^{Table 1, Footnote[4]}	National/continental concern^{Table 1, Footnote[5]} (landbirds)	Regional concern^{Table 1, Footnote[5]} (landbirds)	Continental stewardship^{Table 1, Footnote[5]} (landbirds)	Regional stewardship^{Table 1, Footnote[5]} (landbirds)	Conservation category and rule^{Table 1, Footnote[6]} (shorebirds)	National priority level ^{Table 1, Footnote[7]} (waterbirds)	NAWMP rank^{Table 1, Footnote[8]} (waterfowl	Expert review^{Table 1, Footnote[9]} (additions to priority list)
American Kestrel	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bald Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Baltimore Oriole	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Bank Swallow	Landbird	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Barn Swallow	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barred Owl	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Belted Kingfisher	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black-billed Cuckoo	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Bobolink	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Brown Creeper	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Brown Thrasher	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Canada Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cerulean Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective	E	SC	T	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chimney Swift	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Kingbird	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Meadowlark	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Screech-Owl	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Landbird	Increase 50%	SC	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Field Sparrow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Golden-winged Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grasshopper Sparrow	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Horned Lark	Landbird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Loggerhead Shrike	Landbird	Recovery objective	E	E	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Long-eared Owl	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Flicker	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Harrier	Landbird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Northern Saw-whet Owl	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Palm Warbler	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/ tundrius)	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	SC	SC	V^{Table 1, Footnote[11]}	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purple Martin	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Red-headed Woodpecker	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	T	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Landbird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Rufous-sided Towhee	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Savannah Sparrow	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedge Wren	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote[10]}	SC	SC	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vesper Sparrow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Wood Thrush	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yellow-throated Vireo	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
American Woodcock	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Killdeer	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus)	Shorebird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Upland Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2b	-	-	Yes
Wilson's Phalarope	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Wilson's Snipe	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3e	-	-	Yes
American Bittern	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Black Tern	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Tern	Waterbird	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Least Bittern	Waterbird	Recovery objective	T	T	V	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Sora	Waterbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Virginia Rail	Waterbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Yellow Rail	Waterbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Blue-winged Teal	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately low	Yes
Brant	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately low	Yes
Canada Goose (Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
Canada Goose (resident population)	Waterfowl	Decrease	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Greater Scaup	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately high	-
Lesser Scaup	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
Snow Goose	Waterfowl	Decrease	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Wood Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately low	Yes

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Conservation species are in shaded cells, stewardship species are in unshaded cells, and species selected for management are in black cells.

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Footnote 2

Assessed by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) as: 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) as E, Endangered; T, Threatened; SC, Special Concern (Species at Risk Public Registry).

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Footnote 4

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

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Footnote 5

Taken from the database downloaded from Partners in Flight. Consult Panjabi et al. (2005) for the analytical method.

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Footnote 6

Conservation concern in the United States of America and Canada, as identified in the Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plan (Donaldson et al. 2000). A score of 5 means “Highly imperiled” and a score of 1 means “Species not at risk.” Consult Donaldson et al. (2000) for the complete description of conservation categories.

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Footnote 7

National priority level as identified in Canada's Waterbird Conservation Plan (Milko et al. 2003). Tier 1 is the highest priority.

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Footnote 8

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

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Footnote 9

Expert review indicates that a species was added to the priority list as a result of expert opinion (reasons for the addition are presented in Appendix 3 of the full version of the strategy). Species that have been removed from the priority list, as well as their conservation characteristics and the reasons for their removal are also presented in Appendix 3.

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Footnote 10

The species is listed under SARA, but the recovery documents are not yet finalized.

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Footnote 11

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

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