NMBCA Bird List

 Bird Species Considered as Neotropical Migrants under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (252.3KB) is the list of 386 bird species considered to be neotropical migrants by the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Program.

This list indicates whether a species is listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (as of 2010), the National Audubon Society/American Bird Conservancy’s  Watchlist (2007) or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (2008)  Birds of Conservation Concern (342.6KB). Birds marked as "NMBCA Concern" are of highest interest to the NMBCA Core program. Birds marked on this list as "NMBCA Concern" are eligible for research, monitoring, or assessment focused projects under the NMBCA IMPACT program. Birds marked as "IMPACT Program Species" are eligible for the IMPACT Program on-the-ground conservation projects. Please see the How To Apply for details.

If you feel there is a species missing that should be included on this list, you can petition for the inclusion of the species by sending relevant justification information to neotropical@fws.gov.