Bird Conservation Strategy for region 3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: priority species

Table 1a: Priority bird species in Bird Conservation Region (BCR) Strategies 3 Newfoundland (NL), population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Priority species	Bird group	Population objective	Species at Risk Act (SARA) ^{Return to footnote1}	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)^{Return to footnote2}	Provincial listing^{Return to footnote3}	National/ Continental concern
Golden Eagle	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Vulnerable (VU)	-
Gyrfalcon	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
Northern Wheatear	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote6}	Special Concern (SC)	SC	VU	-
Rough-legged Hawk	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote6}	SC	SC	VU	-
Snow Bunting	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
Snowy Owl	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-
American Golden-Plover	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y
Least Sandpiper^{Return to footnote7}	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y
Common Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y
Red-throated Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-
Canada Goose (North Atlantic)	Waterfowl	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern)	Waterfowl	Assess /Maintain	SC	SC	VU	-
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-

Table 1b. Priority bird species in Bird Conservation Region Strategies (BCR) 3 Newfoundland (NL), population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Priority species	Bird group	Population objective	National/ Continental stewardship	Regional/ Subregional concern	Regional/ Subregional stewardship	Waterfowl^{Return to footnote4}	Expert review ^{Return to footnote5}
Golden Eagle	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	Yes (Y)	-	-
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-
Gyrfalcon	Landbirds	Maintain current	Y	-	Y	-	-
Northern Wheatear	Landbirds	Maintain current	Y	-	Y	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote6}	-	-	Y	-	-
Rough-legged Hawk	Landbirds	Maintain current	Y	-	Y	-	-
Short-eared Owl	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote6}	-	-	-	-	-
Snow Bunting	Landbirds	Maintain current	Y	-	-	-	-
Snowy Owl	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	Y	-	-
American Golden-Plover	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-
Least Sandpiper^{Return to footnote7}	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-
Red-throated Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Y	-	-
Canada Goose (North Atlantic)	Waterfowl	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Eastern Habitat Joint Venture (EHJV), North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP)	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern)	Waterfowl	Assess /Maintain	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Species listed on Schedule 1 under the Species at Risk Act as Endangered (EN), Threatened (TH) or Special Concern (SC) (Species at Risk Public Registry 2012).

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Footnote 2

Species assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada as Endangered (EN), Threatened (TH), or Special Concern (SC) (COSEWIC 2012).

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Footnote 3

Species listed under Newfoundland and Labrador's Endangered Species Act as Endangered (EN), Threatened (TH), or Vulnerable (VU) (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation 2013).

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Footnote 4

Waterfowl identified as “key species” for Newfoundland and Labrador in the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Implementation Plan (EHJV 2010), or scored as “Moderately-High”, “High” or “Highest” in either the breeding or non-breeding conservation and/or monitoring needs for waterfowl conservation region 3 (analogous to BCR 3) of NAWMP (NAWMP Plan Committee 2004).

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Footnote 5

Species added by the Newfoundland and Labrador Technical Working Group.

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Footnote 6

The interim population objective for this species will be replaced with the official recovery objectives when recovery documents are published under the Species at Risk Act.

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Footnote 7

The shorebird priority species were selected based on Andres 2009. A recent assessment (Andres et al. 2012) now suggests that the populations of the Least Sandpiper are stable. Subsequent database versions will be modified to account for this new information.

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