Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation
Plan
About the Plan
The
Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan (hereafter
Plan) provides a continental synthesis of priorities and objectives that
will guide landbird conservation actions at national and international
scales. The scope for this
Plan is the 448 species of native landbirds that regularly breed in the
U.S.
and
Canada. Fully 100 of these species warrant inclusion on the PIF Watch
List, due to a combination of threats to their habitats, declining
populations, small population sizes, or limited distributions. Of these,
28 species require immediate action to protect small remaining
populations, and 44 more are in need of management to reverse long-term
declines.
This Plan also
highlights the need for stewardship of the species and landscapes
characteristic of each portion of the continent, identifying 158 species
(including 66 on the Watch List) that are particularly representative of
large avifaunal biomes, and whose needs should be considered in
conservation planning. Taken together, the pool of Watch List and
Stewardship Species represent the landbirds of greatest continental
importance for conservation action. Although the recommended actions may
vary from region to region, no area in
North America
is without a conservation need for landbirds.
Accessing the Plan
You
can access the Plan in four sections, as described below, using
two PDF versions (one for web viewing and one higher quality
version for printing). To view the Portable Document Format
(PDF) file, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you
don't already have this free tool, please go to: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html to
download and install the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Funding from the USDA
Forest Service made the creation of the PDFs possible. |
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Click here for instructions on how to obtain hard copies of the
Plan.
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Click here for access to various documents providing information on research and monitoring needs of North American landbirds.
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Executive Summary
Authors
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Executive Summary and Invitation to Action
Executive Summary
- PDF (810 KB)
Executive
Summary - Print Format PDF (1.7 MB)
Part I. The Continental Plan
Introduction
Assessing Conservation Vulnerability
Species of Continental Importance
Table 1. PIF Species of Continental Importance for
the US & Canada
Continental Landbird Objectives
Landbird Monitoring and Research Needs
Taking Action
Part
1 -
PDF (3.3 MB)
Part 1 -
Print Format PDF(16.3 MB)
Part 2. Conservation Issues and Recommendations
(Includes Tables 2 - 8, listing Species of
Continental Importance in each avifaunal biome)
Arctic Avifaunal Biome
Northern Forest Avifaunal Biome
Pacific Avifaunal Biome
Intermountain West Avifaunal Biome
Southwest Avifaunal Biome
Prairie Avifaunal Biome
Eastern Avifaunal Biome
Part
2 - PDF (3.6 MB)
Part 2 - Print
Format PDF(14.4 MB)
Literature Cited and Appendices
Literature Cited
Appendix A. Assessment scores and estimated
population size of North American landbirds
Appendix B. Methods used to estimate population
sizes and percents
PIF Landbird Population Estimates Database 
Appendix C. Wetlant-associated landbird Species of
Continental Importance
Appendix D. Species of Continental Importance in
Bird Conservation Regions 69 - Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Literature Cited and
Appendices - PDF (1.2 MB)
Literature
Cited and Appendices - Print Format PDF (2.6
MB)
Recommended citation:
Rich,
T. D., C. J. Beardmore, H. Berlanga, P. J. Blancher, M. S. W. Bradstreet,
G. S. Butcher, D. W. Demarest, E. H. Dunn, W. C. Hunter, E. E. Iñigo-Elias,
J. A. Kennedy, A. M. Martell, A. O. Panjabi, D. N. Pashley, K. V.
Rosenberg, C. M. Rustay, J. S. Wendt, T. C. Will. 2004. Partners
in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan. Cornell Lab
of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY. Partners in Flight website. http://www.partnersinflight.org/cont_plan/ (VERSION: March 2005).
How to
Obtain a Hard Copy
PIF
will send up to 5 hard copies of this plan free of charge.
Contact Terry Rich, Partners in Flight National Coordinator, at terry_rich@fws.gov.
For
more than 5 copies, we are requesting $10.00 USD each to help defray the
costs of printing and mailing. If
you can assist PIF by purchasing plans, please contact Molly Brewton at
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology mb105@cornell.edu.
Accessing the French version of the Plan
Plan nord-américain de conservation des oiseaux terrestres (2.3 MB PDF)
Last updated:
03/07/2008
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