Bird Conservation Strategy for region 8 in Newfoundland and Labradorand marine units: priority species

Abbreviations

Bird Conservation Region (BCR)
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture (EHJV)
Marine Biogeographic Units (MBU)
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP)
Newfoundland (NL)
Special Concern (SC)
Species at Risk Registry (SARA)
Threatened (TH)
Vulnerable (VU)

Table 1. Priority bird species in BCR 8 NL, MBU 10 NL and MBU 12 NL, population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Note: A “Y” indicates a priority species occurrence within the planning unit followed by the reason for inclusion as a priority listing.
BCR 8 NL	MBU 10 NL	MBU 12 NL	Priority species	Bird group	Population objective^{Footnote 1}	SARA^Footnote2	COSEWIC^{Footnote 3}	Provincial listing^{Footnote 4}	National/ continental concern	National/ continental stewardship	Regional/ subregional concern	Regional/ subregional stewardship	Waterfowl^{Footnote 5}	Expert review^{Footnote 6}
Yes (Y)	-	-	Barn Swallow	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	TH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Black-throated Green Warbler	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Bobolink	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	TH	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Chimney Swift	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	TH	TH	TH	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Common Nighthawk	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	TH	TH	TH	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	VU	-	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Magnolia Warbler	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Mourning Warbler	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Northern Hawk Owl	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Landbirds	Maintain current^{Footnote †}	TH	TH	TH	Y	-	Y	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	SC	SC	VU	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Purple Finch	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Red Crossbill (percna)	Landbirds	Recovery objective	EN	EN	EN	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Rusty Blackbird	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	SC	SC	VU	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	Short-eared Owl	Landbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	SC	SC	VU	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Snowy Owl	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Swamp Sparrow	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	White-throated Sparrow	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Landbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-
Y	-	-	American Golden-Plover	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	Y	Black-bellied Plover	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	Y	Dunlin^{Footnote 7}	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	Y	Least Sandpiper^{Footnote 7}	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Lesser Yellowlegs	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	Y	Y	Piping Plover (melodus)	Shorebirds	Recovery objective	EN	EN	EN	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Purple Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Red Knot (rufa)	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	EN	EN	EN	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Sanderling	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	Y	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Solitary Sandpiper^{Footnote 7}	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	Y	Y	Whimbrel	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	White-rumped Sandpiper	Shorebirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Added
-	-	Y	Willet	Shorebirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	Wilson's Snipe	Shorebirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	American Bittern	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-
-	Y	-	Atlantic Puffin	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Added
-	-	Y	Black-headed Gull	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Added
-	Y	-	Black-legged Kittiwake	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	Added (MBU 10 NL), Removed ( MBU 12 NL)
Y	Y	-	Common Loon	Waterbirds	Maintain current ( BCR 8 NL) Assess/Maintain ( MBU 10 NL)	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-
-	Y	-	Common Murre	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	Y	Y	Common Tern	Waterbirds	Maintain current ( BCR 8 NL) Assess/Maintain ( MBU 10 NL, MBU 12 NL)	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-
-	Y	-	Cory's Shearwater	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Dovekie	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Great Shearwater	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Great Skua	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	Y	Horned Grebe	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain^{Footnote †}	EN^Footnote8	EN^{Footnote 8}SC^{Footnote 9}	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Ivory Gull	Waterbirds	Recovery objective	EN	EN	EN	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Leach's Storm-Petrel	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Manx Shearwater	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Northern Gannet	Waterbirds	Maintain current	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	Added ( MBU 12 NL)
-	Y	-	Razorbill	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Red-necked Grebe	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Red-throated Loon	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	Y	Sooty Shearwater	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
-	Y	-	Thick-billed Murre	Waterbirds	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Y	Y	Y	American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Maintain current	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
-	Y	Y	Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern)	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	SC	SC	VU	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
-	Y	Y	Black Scoter	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	NAWMP	Added ( MBU 12 NL)
Y	Y	Y	Canada Goose (North Atlantic)	Waterfowl	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
-	Y	Y	Common Eider	Waterfowl	Increase 100% ( MBU 10 NL) Assess/Maintain ( MBU 12 NL)	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
Y	Y	Y	Common Goldeneye	Waterfowl	Maintain current ( BCR 8 NL) Assess/Maintain ( MBU 10 NL, MBU 12 NL)	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	EHJV, NAWMP	-
Y	Y	-	Common Merganser	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	NAWMP	-
Y	-	-	Green-winged Teal	Waterfowl	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	EHJV	-
Y	Y	Y	Harlequin Duck (Eastern)	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	SC	SC	VU	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	-
-	Y	-	King Eider	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	NAWMP	-
-	Y	Y	Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	Added ( MBU 12 NL)
Y	-	-	Ring-necked Duck	Waterfowl	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	EHJV, NAWMP	-
Y	Y	-	Surf Scoter	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	EHJV, NAWMP	Removed ( MBU 12 NL)
-	Y	-	White-winged Scoter	Waterfowl	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	NAWMP	Removed ( MBU 12 NL)

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Population objectives apply in all units where the species is priority ( BCR 8 NL and/or MBU 10 NL and/or MBU 12 NL) unless otherwise indicated.

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Footnote 2.1

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

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Footnote 3

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 4

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

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Footnote 5

Waterfowl identified as “key species” in the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Implementation Plan 2007 - 2012, or scored as “Moderately-High”, “High” or “Highest” in either the breeding or non-breeding conservation and/or monitoring needs for waterfowl conservation regions 8 or 8.2 (analogous to BCR 8) of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan ( NAWMP Committee 2004).

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Footnote 6

Species added or removed by the NL Technical Working Group.

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Footnote †

This interim population objective will be replaced once recovery documents for this SARA-listed species are published.

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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 some of these shorebird species (e.g. Dunlin, Least Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper) are stable. Subsequent database versions will be modified to account for this new information.

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Footnote 8.1

Status applies to the Magdalen Islands Population of Horned Grebe.

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Footnote 9

Status applies to the Western Population of Horned Grebe.

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