Bird Conservation Strategy for region 7 in Ontario: priority species

Table 2: Priority species in Bird Conservation Region (BCR) 7 Ontario, population objective and reasons for priority status. All assessments, listings and designations are current to February 2013.
Priority species	Bird group	Population objective	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)^{Return to footnote1}	Species at Risk Act (SARA)^{Return to footnote2}	Species at Risk in Ontario (SARO)^{Return to footnote3}	Regional/Sub-regional concern^{Return to footnote4}	Regional/Sub-regional. stewardship^{Return to footnote5}	National/Continental concern	National/Continental Stewardship
Alder Flycatcher	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes (Y)	-	Y
Bald Eagle	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Special Concern (SC)	Y	-	-	Y
Bay-breasted Warbler	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
Boreal Chickadee	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
Canada Warbler	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote*}	Threatened (T)	T	Y	-	Y	-
Common Nighthawk	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain...^{Return to footnote*}...	T	T	SC	Y	-	Y	-
Golden Eagle	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	Endangered (E)	Y	-	-	-
Gray Jay	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
Harris's Sparrow	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Lincoln's Sparrow	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y
Nelson's Sparrow	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-
Northern Hawk Owl	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-
Northern Shrike	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote*}......	T	T	SC	Y	-	Y	-
Palm Warbler	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y
Pine Grosbeak	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y
Rusty Blackbird	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote*}......	SC	SC	-	Y	-	Y	-
Short-eared Owl	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Return to footnote*}......	SC	SC	SC	Y	-	Y	-
Smith's Longspur	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-
Spruce Grouse	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
Swamp Sparrow	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y
Tennessee Warbler	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y
White-winged Crossbill	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y
American Golden-Plover	Shorebirds	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Black-bellied Plover	Shorebirds	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Migrant	SC	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Dunlin	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Eskimo Curlew	Shorebirds	Recovery not feasible	E	E	Extirpated (Exp)	Y	-	Y	-
Greater Yellowlegs	Shorebirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Least Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Lesser Yellowlegs	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Marbled Godwit	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Pectoral Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Red Knot (rufa)	Shorebirds	Migrant	E	E	E	Y	-	Y	-
Ruddy Turnstone	Shorebirds	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Sanderling	Shorebirds	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Semipalmated Plover	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Short-billed Dowitcher	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Solitary Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Whimbrel	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
White-rumped Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Wilson's Snipe	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
American Bittern	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Arctic Tern	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Black Tern	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	SC	Y	-	Y	-
Little Gull	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Pacific Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Parasitic Jaeger	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Red-throated Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Sandhill Crane	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Yellow Rail	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain...^{Return to footnote*}	SC	SC	SC	Y	-	Y	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Black Scoter	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Atlantic Brant	Waterfowl	Migrant	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Canada Goose (Mississippi Valley)	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Canada Goose (Southern James Bay)	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Common Goldeneye	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Green-winged Teal	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Mallard	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Ring-necked Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
Snow Goose^{Return to footnote6}	Waterfowl	Decrease	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-
Surf Scoter	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-

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

Species listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Actas E, Endangered; T, Threatened; SC, Special Concern (Species at Risk Public Registry).

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Footnote 3

Ontario Species at Risk List as E, Endangered; T, Threatened; SC, Special Concern; Exp, Extirpated.

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Footnote 4

Regional refers to BCR-wide (i.e., all jurisdictional data were used for the entire BCR 7) while sub-regional refers to the Ontario portion of BCR 7 only (i.e., Ontario BCR data were used).

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Footnote 5

Only the landbird group distinguishes stewardship species from other priority species (see Partners in Flight Handbook on Species Assessment (PDF ; 405 Kb)).

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Footnote 6

A species of management interest due to its overabundance.

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Footnote *

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

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