Bird Conservation Strategy for region 14 in Nova Scotia and select marine units: priority species
BCR 14-NS | MBU 11-NS | MBU 12-NS | Priority species | Bird group | Population objectiveReturn to footnote1 | SARAReturn to footnote2 | COSEWICReturn to footnote3 | Provinical pistingReturn to footnote4 | National/continenal concern | National/continental stewardship | Regional/Sub-regional Concern | Regional/Sub-regional Stewardship | WaterfowlReturn to footnote5 | Expert ReviewReturn to footnote6 |
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Y | - | - | American Redstart | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Bald Eagle | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Bank Swallow | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Barn Swallow | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | TH | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Bay-breasted Warbler | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Belted Kingfisher | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Bicknell's Thrush | Landbird | Increase 50%Return to footnote7 | TH | TH | VU | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Black-and-white Warbler | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Black-billed Cuckoo | Landbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Blackburnian Warbler | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Black-throated Green Warbler | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Blue-headed Vireo | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Bobolink | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | TH | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Boreal Chickadee | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Canada Warbler | Landbird | Increase 50%Return to footnote7 | TH | TH | - | Y | Y | Y | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Cape May Warbler | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Chimney Swift | Landbird | Increase 100%Return to footnote7 | TH | TH | EN | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Common Nighthawk | Landbird | Increase 100%Return to footnote7 | TH | TH | TH | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Eastern Kingbird | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Eastern Whip-poor-will | Landbird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote7 | TH | TH | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Evening Grosbeak | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Gray Catbird | Landbird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Gray Jay | Landbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Magnolia Warbler | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Mourning Warbler | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Nelson's Sparrow | Landbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Northern Parula | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Landbird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote7 | TH | TH | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius) | Landbird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote7 | SC | SC | VU | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Pine Grosbeak | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Purple Finch | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Ruffed Grouse | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Rusty Blackbird | Landbird | Increase 100%Return to footnote7 | SC | SC | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Savannah Sparrow (princeps) | Landbird | Assess/Maintain | SC | SC | - | Y | Y | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Short-eared Owl | Landbird | Increase 50%Return to footnote7 | SC | SC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Spruce Grouse | Landbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | - | - | Tree Swallow | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - |
Y | - | - | Veery | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | White-throated Sparrow | Landbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | American Golden-Plover | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | American Woodcock | Shorebird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Black-bellied Plover | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Dunlin | Shorebird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote8 | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Hudsonian Godwit | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Killdeer | Shorebird | Maintain current | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Least Sandpiper | Shorebird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote8 | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Lesser Yellowlegs | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Piping Plover (melodus) | Shorebird | Recovery objective | EN | EN | EN | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Purple Sandpiper | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Red Knot (rufa) | Shorebird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote7 | EN | EN | EN | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Red Phalarope | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Red-necked Phalarope | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Sanderling | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Solitary Sandpiper | Shorebird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote8 | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Spotted Sandpiper | Shorebird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Whimbrel | Shorebird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Willet | Shorebird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Wilson's Snipe | Shorebird | Increase 100% | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | American Bittern | Waterbird | Increase 50% | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Black-legged Kittiwake | Waterbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Bonaparte's Gull | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Common Loon | Waterbird | Maintain current (BCR 14) Assess/Maintain (MBU 11, 12) |
- | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Common Murre | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | Common Tern | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Cory's Shearwater | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Dovekie | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Great Cormorant | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Great Shearwater | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | Y | - | Y | - | - |
- | Y | - | Great Skua | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Horned Grebe | Waterbird | Assess/MaintainReturn to footnote7 | ENReturn to footnote9 | ENReturn to footnote9 SCReturn to footnote10 |
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- | Y | Y | Ivory Gull | Waterbird | Recovery objective | EN | EN | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | Y | Y | Y | - | - |
- | Y | - | Manx Shearwater | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Pied-billed Grebe | Waterbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Razorbill | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Red-necked Grebe | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Red-throated Loon | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Roseate Tern | Waterbird | Recovery objective | EN | EN | EN | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Sooty Shearwater | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Sora | Waterbird | Maintain current | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | South Polar Skua | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | - | Thick-billed Murre | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | Y | - | - | - |
Y | - | - | Virginia Rail | Waterbird | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - |
Y | Y | Y | American Black Duck | Waterfowl | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJV, NAWMP | - |
Y | Y | Y | Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern) | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | SC | SC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | Y | Black Scoter | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Added |
Y | Y | Y | Canada Goose (North Atlantic) | Waterfowl | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJV | - |
Y | Y | Y | Canada Goose (Temperate-breeding in Eastern Canada) | Waterfowl | Decrease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJVReturn to footnote11 | - |
- | Y | Y | Common Eider | Waterfowl | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJV, NAWMP | - |
- | Y | Y | Common Goldeneye | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NAWMP | - |
Y | - | - | Green-winged Teal | Waterfowl | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJV | - |
- | Y | - | Harlequin Duck (Eastern) | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | SC | SC | EN | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Y | Y | Long-tailed Duck | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NAWMP | - |
Y | - | - | Mallard | Waterfowl | Maintain current | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJVReturn to footnote11 | - |
Y | - | - | Ring-necked Duck | Waterfowl | Increase 50% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | EHJV | - |
- | Y | Y | Surf Scoter | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NAWMP | Added |
- | Y | - | White-winged Scoter | Waterfowl | Assess/Maintain | - | - | - | Y | - | - | - | NAWMP | Added |
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