Sanderling Plan - Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network

APPENDIX III.
Regional occurrence and shorebird prioritization scores for the Sanderling in the United
States (from the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan).
Shorebird Planning (and BCR) Regions Occurrence a Area Importance Score b
Alaska m, w, b 3
Bering Sea/Aleut Isl. (BCR 1) w, m 3
Western Alaska (BCR 2) m 3
Arctic Plains and Mountains, AK (BCR 3) m, b 3
Northeastern Pacific Rainforest, AK (BCR 5) m, w 3
Northern Pacific M, W 5
NW Pacific Rainforest – WA, OR, nw CA (BCR 5) M, W 5
Southern Pacific M, W 4
Coastal California (BCR 32) M, W 4
Intermountain West m 3
Great Basin (BCR 9) m 3
Northern Rockies (BCR 10) m 3
S. Rockies/Colorado Plateau (BCR 16) m 3
Sonoran and Mojave Deserts (BCR 33) m, w 3
Northern Plains m 3
Prairie Potholes (BCR 11) m 3
Badlands and Prairies (BCR 17) m 3
Central Plains / Playa Lakes m 3
Oaks and Prairies (BCR 21) m 3
Upper Mississippi / Great Lakes M 4
Boreal Hardwood Transition (BCR 12) M 4
Lower Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Plain (BCR 13) m 3
Eastern Tallgrass Prairie (BCR 22) M 4
Prairie Hardwood Transition (BCR 23) M 4
Lower Mississippi / Western Gulf Coast M, W 4
West Gulf Coastal Plain/ Ouachitas (BCR 25) m 3
Mississippi Alluvial Valley (BCR 26) m 3
Gulf Coastal Prairie (BCR 37) M, W 4
North Atlantic M, w 5
North Atlantic / Mid-Atlantic Coast (BCR 30) M, w 5
a Occurrence scores are as follows:
B = breeding, M = migration, W = Wintering;
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