Bird Conservation Strategy for region 8 in Quebec: priority species

Table 1. Priority species in BCR 8-QC, population objective, and the reason for priority status.
Priority species^{Go to footnote 11}	Bird group	Population objective	COSEWIC^{Go to footnote 22}	SARA^{Go to footnote 33}	Prov. listing^{Go to footnote 44}	Nat. /cont. concern^{Go to footnote 55} (land-birds)	Reg. concern ^{Go to footnote 55} (land-birds)	Cont. steward- ship^{Go to footnote 55} (land- birds)	Reg. steward-ship^{Go to footnote 55} (land- birds	Conser-vation category and rule^{Go to footnote 66} (shore-birds)	Nat.priority level^{Go to footnote 77} (Water-birds)	NAWMP rank^{Go to footnote 88} (water-fowl)	Expert review^{Go to footnote 99} (changes to priority list)
Alder Flycatcher	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
American Three-toed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Bald Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	Yes	-		-	-	-
Barn Swallow	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Belted Kingfisher	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Bicknell's Thrush^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	V	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black-and-white Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-backed Woodpecker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-billed Cuckoo	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Blackburnian Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Black-throated Green Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Bobolink	Landbird	Increase 50%	T	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boreal Chickadee	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Boreal Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Brown Creeper	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Canada Warbler^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Cape May Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Chimney Swift^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connecticut Warbler	Landbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Eastern Meadowlark	Landbird	Increase 100%	T	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Whip-poor-will^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evening Grosbeak	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Fox Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Golden Eagle	Landbird	Recovery objective	-	-	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gray Jay	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Long-eared Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Magnolia Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Mourning Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Nashville Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Northern Flicker	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Northern Saw-whet Owl	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Olive-sided Flycatcher^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	T	T	L	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Ovenbird	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Peregrine Falcon (anatum/tundrius)^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V^{Go to footnote 1111}	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philadelphia Vireo	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Pine Grosbeak	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Purple Finch	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Rusty Blackbird^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedge Wren	Landbird	Increase	-	-	L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-
Short-eared Owl^{Go to footnote 1010}	Landbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	L	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solitary Sandpiper	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Spruce Grouse	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	Landbird	Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Tennessee Warbler	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	-	-	-
Winter Wren	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Landbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-
Black-bellied Plover	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Dunlin	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4b	-	-	-
Killdeer	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Purple Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2b	-	-	Yes
Red Knot (rufa)^{Go to footnote 1010}	Shorebird	Recovery objective	E	E	L	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Ruddy Turnstone	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a, b	-	-	-
Sanderling	Shorebird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus)	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3a	-	-	-
Solitary Sandpiper	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3b	-	-	Yes
Whimbrel	Shorebird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4a	-	-	-
American Bittern	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Atlantic Puffin	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Black Guillemot	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Black Tern	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Black-legged Kittiwake	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Bonaparte's Gull	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Caspian Tern	Waterbird	Recovery objective	-	-	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	-
Common Loon	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Common Murre	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Common Tern	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Great Black-backed Gull	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Great Cormorant	Waterbird	Increase 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Herring Gull	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Waterbird	Increase 50%	-	-	L	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
Razorbill	Waterbird	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 3	-	Yes
Sora	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Virginia Rail	Waterbird	Assess/Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 2	-	-
Yellow Rail	Waterbird	Recovery objective	SC	SC	T	-	-	-	-	-	Tier 1	-	-
American Black Duck	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Blue-winged Teal	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod low	Yes
Canada Goose (North Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod high	-
Canada Goose (Atlantic population)	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod	Yes
Common Eider (borealis)	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
Common Eider (dresseri)	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Very high	-
Common Goldeneye	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-
Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)	Waterfowl	Recovery objective	SC	SC	V	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod high	-
Hooded Merganser	Waterfowl	Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod	Yes
Long-tailed Duck	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod high	-
Red-breasted Merganser	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Mod	Yes
Surf Scoter	Waterfowl	Maintain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	High	-

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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

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Footnote 2

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 3

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

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Footnote 4

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

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Footnote 5

Taken from the database downloaded from Partners in Flight - US. Refer to Panjabi et al. (2005) for the analytical method. [Available in English only]

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Footnote 6

Conservation concern in the United States of America and Canada, as identified in the Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plan (Donaldson et al. 2000). A score of 5 means “Highly imperiled” and a score of 1 means “Species not at risk.” Refer to Donaldson et al. (2000) for the complete description of conservation categories.

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Footnote 7

National priority level as identified in Canada’s Waterbird Conservation Plan (Milko et al. 2003). Tier 1 is the highest priority tier.

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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 that a species was added or removed from the priority list as a result of local expert opinion (reasons for the addition or removal are presented in Appendix 3 of the full strategy).

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Footnote 10

Species at risk listed on Schedule 1 of SARA, but whose management plans or recovery strategies have not yet been finalized.

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Footnote 11

Under the Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnérables (Quebec), the subspecies anatum is designated Vulnerable whereas the subspecies tundrius is listed as Likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable.

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