Bird Conservation Strategy for region 3 in the Prairies and Northern Region: priority species

Table 1. Priority species in Bird Conservation Region (BCR) 3 Prairie and Northern Region (PNR), population objectives, and the reasons for priority status. The table is presented here in four parts.

Landbirds
Priority species	Population objective	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)^Footnote1	Species at Risk Act (SARA)^Footnote2	National/ continental concern	Regional concern	Continental stewardship	Regional stewardship	Expert review^Footnote5 (added to priority list)
American Pipit	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
American Tree Sparrow	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Bluethroat	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Golden Eagle	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-
Gyrfalcon	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-
Harris's Sparrow	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-	-	Yes	-
Hoary Redpoll	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-
Lapland Longspur	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)	Assess/Maintain^Footnote†	Special Concern (SC)	SC	-	-	Yes	Yes	-
Rock Ptarmigan	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-
Rough-legged Hawk	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-
Rusty Blackbird	Increase 100%^Footnote†	SC	SC	Yes	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl	Increase 100%^Footnote†	SC	SC	Yes	Yes	-	-	-
Smith's Longspur	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-	-	Yes	-
Snow Bunting	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-
Snowy Owl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-

Shorebirds
Priority species	Population objective	COSEWIC^Footnote1	SARA^Footnote2	National/ continental concern	Expert review^Footnote5 (added to priority list)
American Golden-Plover	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Black-bellied Plover	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Increase 50%	-	-	Yes	-
Common Ringed Plover	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes
Dunlin	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Eskimo Curlew	Recovery objective	Endangered (E)	E	Yes	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Increase 100%	-	-	-	Yes
Least Sandpiper	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-
Purple Sandpiper	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes
Red Knot (islandica)	Assess/Maintain	SC	SC	Yes	-
Red Knot (rufa)	Increase 100%^Footnote†	E	E	Yes	-
Red Phalarope	Increase 50%	-	-	Yes	-
Red-necked Phalarope	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-
Ruddy Turnstone	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Sanderling	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-
Stilt Sandpiper	Increase 100%	-	-	Yes	-
Surfbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Whimbrel	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-

Waterbirds
Priority species	Population objective	COSEWIC^Footnote1	SARA^Footnote2	National/ continental concern	Expert review^Footnote5 (added to priority list)
Arctic Tern	Increase 50%	-	-	Yes	-
Common Loon	Maintain current	-	-	Yes	-
Ivory Gull	Recovery objective	E	E	Yes	-
Pacific Loon	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Ross's Gull	Recovery objective	Threatened (T)	T	Yes	-
Thayer's Gull	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-
Thick-billed Murre	Maintain current	-	-	Yes	-
Yellow-billed Loon	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Yes	-

**Waterfowl** ^Footnote6
Priority species	Population objective	COSEWIC^Footnote1	SARA^Footnote2	NAWMP^Footnote3continental priority	NAWMP WCR rank^Footnote4	Expert review^Footnote5 (added to priority list)
Brant (Atlantic)	Maintain current	-	-	Mod. Low	High	-
Brant (Black)	Maintain current	-	-	High	Highest	-
Brant (Eastern High Arctic)	Maintain current	-	-	Mod. High	High	-
Brant (Western High Arctic)	Assess/Maintain	-	-	High	Highest	-
Cackling Goose (Shortgrass Prairie)	Increase 50%	-	-	Mod.	High	-
Cackling Goose (Tallgrass Prairie)	Maintain current	-	-	Mod. Low	High	-
Canada Goose (Atlantic)	Maintain current	-	-	High	Highest	-
Common Eider (borealis)	Increase 50%	-	-	High	Highest	-
Common Eider (sedentaria)	Increase 50%	-	-	High	Highest	-
Common Eider (v-nigra)	Increase 50%	-	-	High	Highest	-
Greater Snow Goose	Decrease	-	-	Above Objective	High	-
Greater White-fronted Goose	Maintain current	-	-	Mod. Low	High	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern)	Maintain current	SC	SC	Mod.	Mod. High	-
King Eider	Increase 50%	-	-	Mod. High	High	-
Lesser Snow Goose (Mid-Continent)	Decrease	-	-	Above Objective	High	-
Lesser Snow Goose (Western Arctic)	Decrease	-	-	Above Objective	High	-
Lesser Snow Goose (Western Central Flyway)	Maintain current	-	-	Mod.	High	-
Long-tailed Duck	Increase 50%	-	-	Mod. High	High	-
Northern Pintail	Increase 50%	-	-	High	High	-
Ross's Goose	Decrease	-	-	Above Objective	High	-
Tundra Swan (Eastern)	Maintain current	-	-	Mod. Low	High	-

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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 2.1

Species listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act as E, Endangered; T, Threatened; SC, Special Concern.

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Footnote 3

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

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Footnote 4

The higher of the Waterfowl Conservation Region (WCR) ranks for breeding or non-breeding needs presented in the NAWMP Management Plan.

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Footnote 5

Expert review indicates that a species was added to the priority list as a result of expert opinion.

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Footnote †

This interim population objective will be replaced with the official recovery objective once a recovery document is published for this species under the Species at Risk Act.

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Footnote 6

These population divisions correspond to those in the most current management plan (NAWMP 2012). However, evolving knowledge of distributions and a trend towards defining management units that reflect breeding aggregations means that these divisions may be lost in future iterations of this strategy (e.g., Leafloor et al. 2012).

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