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PIF Continental (U.S. & Canada) Watch List Species
Research & Monitoring Needs

Welcome to the Partners in Flight (PIF) Continental (U.S. & Canada) Watch List Species Research and Monitoring Needs resource! We have compiled some basic information about each species on the Watch List identified in the PIF North American Landbird Conservation Plan (Rich et al. 2004), including:

common & scientific name
global conservation status (IUCN 2004 Red List)
national-level conservation status (Coverage by Migratory Bird Treaty Act; U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA); national U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Birds of Conservation Concern; Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA); and Mexican Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM) para la Proteccion Ambiental (Official Mexican Standards for Environmental Protection)
distribution (AOU 1998)
key reference(s)
general habitat associations (AOU 1998); and
a list of research and monitoring needs gleaned from a variety of sources.

This is NOT intended to be a comprehensive list of published research/monitoring needs for these species. Our primary sources were the Partners in Flight Research and Monitoring Needs Database, which lists research/monitoring needs identified in the Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plans, National Action Needs for Canadian Landbird Conservation, other PIF sources where information was missing from the database, the Birds of North America accounts, and a few other sources of species accounts (e.g., U. S. Fish & Wildlife Species Status Assessments and the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center accounts). We have cited Recovery Plans for listed species (U.S. Endangered Species Act) where we were able to get the citations but did not "mine" them for additional research needs. We provide a Bibliography (References) with complete citations for all of the publications listed, except the PIF Bird Conservation Plans which are available on the PIF website. Where we were able, we have included links in the Bibliography to resources available on the internet. Please keep in mind that some of these web links (especially those for PDFs) take some time to download, and are maintained by others. Although the Birds of North America (BNA) accounts are not available free on the web, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has made them available for a very reasonable annual subscription. Click here for information about that BNA resource. We hope you will find this website to be useful.

The Watch List species list below is organized, like the PIF North American Landbird Conservation Plan (Rich et al. 2004), by reasons for continental concern. For a Watch List species list in alphabetical order, click here. For a Watch List species list in taxonomic order, click here

PIF Continental (U.S. & Canada) Watch List Species Research & Monitoring Needs

Species with Multiple Causes for Concern Across Their Entire Range

Species that are Moderately Abundant or Widespread with Declines or High Threats

Species with Restricted Distribution or Low Population Size

PIF Continental (U.S. & Canada) Watch List Species
Research & Monitoring Needs