Bird Species in Greatest Need of Conservation
Taxa Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Global Rank |
State Rank |
Federal |
State Status |
SWAP Tier |
Calidris mauri Ictinia mississippiensis Brown Creeper S2B, S3N S3B Asio flammeus Tympanuchus cupido Ammodramus savannarum American Black Duck Upland Sandpiper Sharp-shinned Hawk Ruffed Grouse Setophaga caerulescens S3N Prairie Warbler Ammodramus leconteii Sturnella magna Charadrius alexandrinus Swainson's Warbler S4B S2B, S4N Whimbrel Pluvialis dominica S4N Charadrius melodus melodus Sphyrapicus varius Interior Least Tern Ixobrychus exilis Calidris pusilla Tryngites subruficollis S1 S2 S3 Sternula antillarum athalassos S4 S5 D E Bonasa umbellus Numenius phaeopus Sitta pusilla S? Parkesia motacilla Golden Eagle T Passerina ciris Willow Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Kentucky Warbler Hylocichla mustelina Virginia Rail Wood Thrush SX Painted Bunting Purple Gallinule Peregrine Falcon Geothlypis formosa Black-crowned Night-heron Least Flycatcher King Rail Tyto alba Ardea alba Blackburnian Warbler Snowy Plover Setophaga cerulea Caprimulgus vociferus Semipalmated Sandpiper Helmitheros vermivorum Louisiana Waterthrush Peucaea aestivalis Yellow-breasted Chat Limosa haemastica Henslow's Sparrow S2S3 Aegolius acadicus Ammodramus henslowii Troglodytes troglodytes S3S4 Canada Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Northern Bobwhite Olive-sided Flycatcher Melanerpes erythrocephalus Aquila chrysaetos Mississippi Kite Cardellina canadensis Bird Bachman's Sparrow G1 Piping Plover G3 G4 G5 Chordeiles minor Greater Prairie-chicken Calidris canutus Grus americana Anas rubripes Little Blue Heron Vermivora cyanoptera Setophaga fusca Caprimulgus carolinensis Black-capped Chickadee Haliaeetus leucocephalus Worm-eating Warbler American Bittern Limnothlypis swainsonii Whip-poor-will Cistothorus platensis Whooping Crane Falco peregrinus Rallus limicola Accipiter striatus (PS:LT) Buff-breasted Sandpiper Porphyrula martinica Bald Eagle Rallus elegans Riparia riparia Euphagus carolinus Orchard Oriole Bewick's Wren Chuck-will's-widow Gallinula galeata Brown-headed Nuthatch Setophaga dominica Protonotaria citrea Contopus cooperi S3N, SPB American Woodcock (LE, XN) Bell's Vireo Stilt Sandpiper SXB? No Status S3S4N Colinus virginianus Loggerhead Shrike (PS) Alder Flycatcher Botaurus lentiginosus Northern Saw-whet Owl Chimney Swift Common Nighthawk Yellow-throated Warbler Red-headed Woodpecker Cerulean Warbler Egretta caerulea Common Gallinule Circus cyaneus LeConte's Sparrow Barn Owl Great Egret Setophaga discolor Red Knot Icteria virens Northern Harrier LE Icterus spurius Empidonax alnorum Short-eared Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Lanius ludovicianus Empidonax traillii Limosa fedoa Bank Swallow Rusty Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Hudsonian Godwit S3B, S4N Scolopax minor Grasshopper Sparrow Wilson's Plover MC Certhia americana S1B, S2N Prothonotary Warbler Chaetura pelagica Winter Wren Marbled Godwit American Golden Plover Nycticorax nycticorax Blue-winged Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Poecile atricapillus S1B G4T2Q S2S3B Thryomanes bewickii S1N Golden-winged Warbler Sedge Wren (LE:LT) S1B, S4N Calidris himantopus S2B Bartramia longicauda Least Bittern Charadrius wilsonia S2N Vireo bellii Western Sandpiper S1B, S3N