Priority
Bird Populations and Habitats
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Pine savannah |
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker
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Federally endangered; remnant population reduced to as few
as three breeding clans. |
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Prairie Warbler
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Declining; native to open pine savannah; also in early
succession habitat. |
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Bachman's Sparrow
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Northern edge of breeding range; requires open, grassy
understory. |
Objective: Restore enough
pine savannah to support 20-25 clans of Red-cockaded Woodpecker (pre 1970s population);
maintain breeding population of 2,600 Brown-headed Nuthatches. |
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Salt marsh |
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Salt-marsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrow |
Large proportion of world population breeds here; requires
high marsh with buffer, stable water levels. |
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Black Rail |
Status poorly known; requires high marsh with buffer.
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Seaside Sparrow |
Large proportion of East Coast population; wider habitat
tolerance than sharp-tailed sparrows. |
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American Black Duck |
Important breeding and wintering populations. |
Objective: Numerical population
and habitat-area objectives for priority marsh birds have not yet been determined. Roughly
20,000 ha of marsh may be required to support 3,000 breeding pairs of American Black
Ducks. |
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Forested wetlands |
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Cerulean
Warbler |
Poorly monitored; small populations along forested rivers.
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Swainson's Warbler |
Disjunct population at northern edge of range; requires
dense shrubby understory. |
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Prothonotary Warbler |
Good indicator species for permanently forested wetlands;
cavity nester. |
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Acadian
Flycatcher |
Habitat generalist in wet or moist deciduous forests with
dense understory. |
Objective: Rougly 300,000
ha of forested wetland is required to support entire habitat-species suite, including
100,000 pairs of Acadian Flycatchers and 16,000 pairs of Prothonotary Warblers. |
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Mixed upland forests |
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Wood Thrush |
Prefers moist deciduous forest with dense with
well-developed mid-story. |
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Worm-eating Warbler |
Expanding population; associated with dry, sloped forest
with dense understory; ground nester. |
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Kentucky Warbler |
Requires moist deciduous forest with dense understory and
ground cover. |
Objective: Roughly 1
million ha of mature deciduous forest is required to support entire habitat-species suite
(e.g. 300,000 pairs of Wood Thrush). |
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Early successional |
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Henslow's Sparrow |
May be one of the few remnants of the Eastern subspecies.
Occurs in variety of habitats including the high dry edges of salt marsh habitat, very
young regenerating pines, and (formerly) grasslands. |
Complete
Physiographic Area Priority Scores (Zipped, Dbase5 file 288K)
Key to Abbreviations: AI-Area Importance, PT-Population Trend, TB-Threats to Breeding.
Priority Setting Process: General /
Detailed |