Bird Conservation Strategy for region 3 in Quebec: priority species

**Table 1a. Priority species in Bird Conservation Region Strategies (BCR) 3-Quebec (QC), population objective and the reason for priority status.**
Priority species ^{Table Footnotea}	Bird group	Population objective	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) ^{Table Footnoteb}	Species at Risk Act (SARA) ^{Table Footnotec}	Provincial listing ^{Table Footnoted}	National/continental concern (landbirds) ^{Table Footnotee}	Regional concern (landbirds) ^{Table Footnotee}
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	blank	blank	Vulnerable (V)	blank	blank
Gyrfalcon	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hoary Redpoll	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Yes	blank
Lapland Longspur	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Yes	blank
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius) ^{Table Footnotej}	Landbird	Recovery objective	Special Concern (SC)	SC	V ^{Table Footnotek}	Yes	blank
Rock Ptarmigan	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Rough-legged Hawk	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Short-eared Owl ^{Table Footnote j}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	Likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable (L)	Yes	blank
Snow Bunting	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Yes	blank
Snowy Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
American Golden Plover	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Dunlin	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Red Knot (rufa) ^{Table Footnote j}	Shorebird	Recovery objective	Endangered (E)	E	L	blank	blank
Red-necked Phalarope	Shorebird	Increase 50%	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Arctic Tern	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Common Loon	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Thick-billed Murre	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
American Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Canada Goose (Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Common Eider (borealis)	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Common Eider (sedentaria)	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Greater Scaup	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Red-breasted Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank

**Table 1b. Priority species in Bird Conservation Region Strategies (BCR) 3-Quebec (QC), population objective and the reason for priority status.**
Priority species ^{Table Footnotea}	Bird group	Population objective	Continental stewardship (landbirds) ^{Table Footnotee}	Regional stewardship (landbirds) ^{Table Footnotee}	Conservation category and rule (shorebirds) ^{Table Footnotef}	National priority level (waterbirds) ^{Table Footnoteg}	North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) rank (waterfowl) ^{Table Footnoteh}	Expert review (changes to priority list) ^{Table Footnotei}
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	blank	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank
Gyrfalcon	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hoary Redpoll	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Lapland Longspur	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius) ^{Table Footnotej}	Landbird	Recovery objective	blank	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank
Rock Ptarmigan	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Rough-legged Hawk	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank
Short-eared Owl ^{Table Footnote j}	Landbird	Recovery objective	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Snow Bunting	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Snowy Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	Yes	Yes	blank	blank	blank	blank
American Golden Plover	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	4a,b	blank	blank	blank
Dunlin	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	3a	blank	blank	blank
Red Knot (rufa) ^{Table Footnote j}	Shorebird	Recovery objective	blank	blank	4a	blank	blank	blank
Red-necked Phalarope	Shorebird	Increase 50%	blank	blank	3a	blank	blank	blank
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	blank	blank	3a	blank	blank	blank
Arctic Tern	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Tier 2	blank	blank
Common Loon	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Tier 1	blank	blank
Thick-billed Murre	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	blank	blank	blank	Tier 2	blank	blank
American Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	Moderately Low	Yes
Canada Goose (Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	Very high	blank
Common Eider (borealis)	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	Very high	blank
Common Eider (sedentaria)	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	Very high	blank
Greater Scaup	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	Not Available N/A	Yes
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	blank	blank	blank	blank	High	blank
Red-breasted Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain	blank	blank	blank	blank	N/A	Yes

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Footnote a

Conservation species are in shaded cells. Stewardship species are in unshaded cells.

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Footnote b

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

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Footnote c

Species listed on Schedule 1 of theSpecies at Risk Act(SARA): E = Endangered; T = Threatened; SC = Special Concern (Species at Risk Public Registry, 2012).

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Footnote d

Status under theLoi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables(Quebec): T = Threatened, V = Vulnerable, L = Likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable.

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Footnote e

Taken from the online database fromPartners in Flight. Consult Panjabi et al.(2002) for the analytical method.

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Footnote f

Conservation concern at the level of the United States 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 g

Priority tiers at the country 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 h

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

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Footnote i

Expert review indicates species that were added to the priority list as a result of 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 the same Appendix.

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Footnote j

The species is listed under Species at Risk Act (SARA), but its recovery documents have not yet been finalized.

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Footnote k

Under theLoi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables(Quebec), the subspeciesanatumis designatedVulnerablewhereas the subspeciestundriusis listed as Likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable.

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