Kirtland's Warbler
Common
Name: Kirtland's Warbler (KIWA)
Scientific
Name:
Dendroica
kirtlandii
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: IUCN 2004 Red List – VU
(Vulnerable)
National-level
Conservation Status:
U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Endangered; Canada –
Species At Risk Act (SARA) – Endangered; Mexico - Normas Oficiales
Mexicanas (NOM) para la Proteccion Ambiental (Official Mexican Standards
for Environmental Protection) - Endangered
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 19 (Mayfield 1992); Canadian Recovery Plan (in
development); U.S. Recovery Plan (Byelich 1976).
Distribution:
Breeds in n Michigan (from Otsego, extreme sw Presque Isle, and
Alpena counties south to Kalkaska, nw Clare, Roscommon, Ogemaw, and Iosco
counties) and (formerly) s Ontario; has recently (1995,1996) bred in Upper
Peninsula of Michigan. Recorded
in summer (and possibly breeding) in w-c
Wisconsin
(Jackson, Douglas, and Washburn counties).
Winters evidently in the
Bahamas
, but winter distribution largely unknown (AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Scrubby jack-pine with openings; in winter, in low scrub, thickets,
and (rarely) deciduous woodland (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: PIF Monitoring Needs doc
(Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004); No research needs listed in the BNA or in PIF Bird
Conservation Plans.
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: ** (Long-term population
trend monitoring considered adequate, but some issues (e.g., bias) may not
be accounted for)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
See recovery plan for additional research needs.
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – NOTE: Existing surveys provide acceptable data
at the continental level (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Maintain current species-specific
surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
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