Smith's Longspur
Common
Name: Smith's Longspur (SMLO)
Scientific
Name:
Calcarius
pictus
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not
on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status:
U.S.
– Bird of Conservation Concern
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 34 (Briskie 1993)
Distribution:
Breeds in e-c Alaska (Susitna River highlands, Wrangell Mountains
region) and adjacent nw British Columbia, and from n Alaska (Brooks Range)
east across n Yukon and n and e-c Mackenzie to s Keewatin, ne Manitoba,
and extreme n Ontario. Winters
from
Kansas
south to w-c
Oklahoma
and e-c
Texas
, and east to
Arkansas
and nw
Louisiana
(rare) (AOU 1998).
Habitat
Associations:
Dry, grassy, and hummocky tundra; in migration and winter in fields
with short grass, prairies, and grassy margins of airports (AOU 1998).
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs (Number in ( ) is Physiographic Area number):
Alaska Bird Conservation Plan; Osage Plains Bird Conservation Plan
(33); BNA No. 34 (Briskie 1993); Canadian Action Plans (Dunn 2002); PIF
Monitoring Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo2 (BBS trends have very
low precision) and Mo3 (species with inadequate northern coverage)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct arctic surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct new winter surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc); (similar) Develop standardized roadside survey
in wintering area and evaluate population status (Canadian Action
Plan)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc); (similar) Determine population status for SMLO in central and
northern
Alaska
(
Alaska
)
- Document
trends in extent of native grassland within wintering area (Canadian
Action Plan)
Habitat
Needs/Ecology/Life History
- See
needs under "Wintering" and "Migration"
Migration
- Studies
of SMLO migration ecology needed to determine habitat requirements
& factors affecting survival during nonbreeding season (BNA)
- Determine
if habitat protection is needed along migration route (Canadian Action
Plan)
- see
needs under "Wintering"
Wintering
- Studies
of SMLO wintering ecology needed to determine habitat requirements
& factors affecting survival during nonbreeding season (BNA)
- Determine
SMLO habitat associations & patterns of distribution and abundance
(Osage Plains )
- see
needs under "Monitoring"
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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