Bird Conservation Strategy for region 14 in Quebec: priority species

Table 1. Priority species in BCR 14-QC, population objective and the reason for priority status.
Priority species^{Table 1, Footnote1}	Bird group	Population objective	COSEWIC^{Table 1, Footnote2}	SARA^{Table 1, Footnote3}	Provincial listing^{Table 1, Footnote4}	National/continental concern^{Table 1, Footnote5} (landbirds)	Regional concern^{Table 1, Footnote5} (landbirds)	Continental stewardship^{Table 1, Footnote5} (landbirds)	Regional stewardship^{Table 1, Footnote5} (landbirds)	Conservation category and rule^{Table 1, Footnote6} (shorebirds)	National conservation level^{Table 1, Footnote7} (waterbirds)	NAWMP rank^{Table 1, Footnote8}(waterfowl)	Expert review^{Table 1, Footnote9} (changes to priority list)
American Redstart	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
American Three-toed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Bald Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Bank Swallow	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Barn Swallow	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Belted Kingfisher	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bicknell's Thrush	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	V	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Black-billed Cuckoo	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blackburnian Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Blackpoll Warbler	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-throated Green Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Blue-headed Vireo	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Bobolink	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boreal Chickadee	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Boreal Owl	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Brown Creeper	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Brown Thrasher	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Canada Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Chimney Swift	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Meadowlark	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Landbird	Increase 50%	SC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evening Grosbeak	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Field Sparrow	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Golden-winged Warbler	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Magnolia Warbler	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Nelson’s Sparrow	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Flicker	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Northern Parula	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Northern Saw-whet Owl (acadicus)	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ovenbird	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Palm Warbler	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	SC	SC	V^{Table 1, Footnote11}	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pine Grosbeak	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Purple Finch	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Rufous-sided Towhee	Landbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Rusty Blackbird	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	SC	SC	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedge Wren	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl	Landbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	SC	SC	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Swallow	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Veery	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Wood Thrush	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Yellow-throated Vireo	Landbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Black-bellied Plover	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Dunlin	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4b	-	-	-
Killdeer	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Piping Plover (melodus)	Shorebird	Recovery objective	E	E	T	-	-	-	-	5a	-	-	-
Purple Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2b	-	-	Yes
Red Knot (rufa)	Shorebird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	E	E	L	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Red Phalarope	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Red-necked Phalarope	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Ruddy Turnstone	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a, b	-	-	-
Sanderling	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus)	Shorebird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Upland Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2b	-	-	Yes
Whimbrel	Shorebird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
American Bittern	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Atlantic Puffin	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Black Guillemot	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Black-legged Kittiwake	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Bonaparte's Gull	Waterbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Murre	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Common Tern	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Double-crested Cormorant	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Great Black-backed Gull	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Great Cormorant	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Herring Gull	Waterbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Horned Grebe (Magdalen Islands population)	Waterbird	Recovery objective^{Table 1, Footnote10}	E	E	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	L	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Least Bittern	Waterbird	Recovery objective	T	T	V	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Northern Gannet	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Razorbill	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Roseate Tern	Waterbird	Recovery objective	E	E	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Sora	Waterbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Thick-billed Murre	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Virginia Rail	Waterbird	Assess/ Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Yellow Rail	Waterbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
American Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately low	Yes
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately high	-
Brant	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderate	Yes
Canada Goose (Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	Yes
Canada Goose (North Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Common Eider (dresseri)	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderately high	-
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Red-breasted Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Moderate	Yes
Surf Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Species of conservation concern 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 Partners in Flight. Consult Panjabi et al. (2005) 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 national 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 by 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 Appendix 3.

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Footnote 10

The species is listed under SARA, but its 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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