Bird Conservation Strategy for region 7 in Quebec: priority species

Table 1. Priority species in BCR 7 Quebec, population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Priority species^{Footnote 1}	Bird group	Population objective	COSEWIC^{Footnote 2}	SARA^Footnote3	Quebec provincial listing^{Footnote 4}	National / continental concern^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Continental stewardship^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Regional steward- ship^{Footnote 5} (landbirds)	Conservation category and rule^{Footnote 6} (shorebirds)	Priority tier^Footnote7 (water- birds)	NAWMP rank^{Footnote 8} (water- fowl)	Expert review^Footnote9 (added to priority list)
Alder Flycatcher	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Bald Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Belted Kingfisher	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Blackpoll Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Boreal Chickadee	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	TH	TH	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fox Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gray Jay	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Le Conte's Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Lincoln's Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Merlin	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Nelson's Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Hawk Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Northern Shrike	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Olive-sided Flycatcher^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	TH	TH	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y
Palm Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V^Footnote11	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pine Grosbeak	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Rusty Blackbird^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl^Footnote10	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spruce Grouse	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Tennessee Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
White-winged Crossbill	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Dunlin	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Greater Yellowlegs	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	3b	-	-	Y
Least Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	3e	-	-	Y
Lesser Yellowlegs	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	2a	-	-	Y
Marbled Godwit	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a,b	-	-	-
Red Knot (rufa)^Footnote10	Shorebird	Recovery objective	EN	EN	L	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Red-necked Phalarope	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Semipalmated Plover	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	2a	-	-	Y
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus)	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Solitary Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	3b	-	-	Y
Wilson's Snipe	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	3e	-	-	Y
American Bittern	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Bonaparte's Gull	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Sora	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Yellow Rail	Waterbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	TH	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Black Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod. high	-
Brant	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Canada Goose (Atlantic)	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Highest	-
Canada Goose (North Atlantic)	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Red-breasted Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod.	Y
Surf Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Conservation concern species are in shaded cells, others were selected for stewardship purposes.

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Footnote 2

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

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Footnote 3

Species listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act as E, Endangered; TH, Threatened; SC, Special Concern (Species at Risk Public Registry 2012).

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Footnote 4

Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables, TH = threatened, V = vulnerable, L = likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable.

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Footnote 5

See Panjabi et al. (2005) for details, database downloaded from www.partnersinflight.org.

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Footnote 6

Conservation concern at the level of USA and Canada as identified in the Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plan (Donaldson et al. 2000). Score 5 is "Highly imperilled" and score 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

National Priority tiers 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 where species were added to the priority list as a result of expert opinion. Justification for additions are presented in Appendix 3 of the full strategy. Species that were removed from the priority list by expert review, along with their conservation features and the reason for removal, are also presented in Appendix 3 of the full strategy.

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Footnote 10

The species is listed under SARA, however, its recovery documents have not yet been finalized.

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Footnote 11

Under Québec’s Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables, the subspecies anatum is designated Vulnerable but the subspecies tundrius is designated Likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable.

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