Sanderling Plan - Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network

APPENDIX II.
Relative Importance of Shorebird Planning Regions to the Sanderling during migration
and winter, as classified by the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan (Brown et al. 2001).
Shorebird
Planning Region
Alaska a
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Intermountain West
Northern Plains/
Prairie Potholes
Upper Mississippi
Valley/Great Lakes
Lower Mississippi/
Western Gulf Coast
Northern Atlantic
Appalachians
Southern Coastal
Plain/Caribbean
Migration
uncommon to
fairly common
high
concentrations
common or
locally abundant
uncommon to
fairly common
uncommon to
fairly common
common or
locally abundant
common or
locally abundant
high
concentrations
uncommon to
fairly common
high
concentrations
Winter
uncommon to
fairly common
high
concentrations
common or
locally abundant
(not present in
winter)
(not present in
winter)
(not present in
winter)
common or
locally abundant
uncommon to
fairly common
(not present in
winter)
common or
locally abundant
Importance of region
(by season)
region within species range, but
occurs in low relative abundance to
other regions
region extremely important to the
species, relative to the majority of
other regions
region important to the species
region within species range, but
occurs in low relative abundance to
other regions
region within species range, but
occurs in low relative abundance to
other regions
region important to the species
during migration
region important to the species
region extremely important to the
species during migration; occurs in
low relative abundance in winter
region within species range, but
occurs in low relative abundance
during migration
region extremely important to the
species during migration; important
during winter
a Sanderlings breed in the High Arctic, and therefore the breeding season is excluded from this table;
however, Sanderlings are present (though uncommon) in Alaska during the breeding season.
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