[BCNnet] Shorebird priorities
Judy Pollock
bobolnk@ix.netcom.com
Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:32:29 -0500
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I just received a copy of the US Shorebird Conservation Plan - here are
their conclusions about conservation priorities in that group.
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<b>List of High Priority Shorebird Species/Populations<br>
</b> <br>
<i>Highly Imperiled<br>
</i> <br>
<u>Global species<br>
</u>Piping Plover<br>
Mountain Plover<br>
Long-billed Curlew<br>
Buff-breasted Sandpiper<br>
<br>
<u>North American populations<br>
</u>Snowy Plover<br>
Black-necked Stilt (Hawaiian population)<br>
Red Knot (Canadian Arctic-Atlantic Coast population)<br>
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<i>High Concern<br>
</i> <br>
<u>Global species<br>
</u>American Golden-Plover <br>
Black Oystercatcher<br>
Solitary Sandpiper<br>
Upland Sandpiper<br>
Bristle-thighed Curlew<br>
Hudsonian Godwit<br>
Marbled Godwit<br>
Black Turnstone<br>
Surfbird<br>
Western Sandpiper<br>
Rock Sandpiper<br>
Short-billed Dowitcher<br>
American Woodcock<br>
Wilson's Phalarope<br>
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<u>North American populations<br>
</u>Wilson's Plover <br>
American Oystercatcher<br>
Whimbrel<br>
Bar-tailed Godwit<br>
Ruddy Turnstone<br>
Red Knot (populations other than Canadian Arctic-Atlantic Coast
population)<br>
Sanderling<br>
Dunlin (Alaska-East Asian and Alaska-Pacific Coast populations <br><br>
U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan. 2004. High Priority
Shorebirds 2004. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., MBSP 4107, Arlington, VA, 22203
U.S.A. 5 pp.<br>
More info at<br>
<a href="http://shorebirdplan.fws.gov/%20USShorebird/%20PlanDocuments.htm">http://shorebirdplan.fws.gov/
USShorebird/ PlanDocuments.htm</a>). <br>
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Judy Pollock<br>
bobolnk@ix.netcom.com<br>
Evanston (Cook)</body>
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