NWT 2011-2015 - NWT Species at Risk
NWT 2011-2015 - NWT Species at Risk
NWT 2011-2015 - NWT Species at Risk
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6.3 Birds<br />
Common Name Scientific <strong>Species</strong> Name St<strong>at</strong>us Rank<br />
Willet Tringa semipalm<strong>at</strong>a Vagrant X<br />
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Undetermined<br />
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Sensitive<br />
Charadriiformes – Laridae<br />
Range<br />
Note a<br />
Reason for<br />
Change b<br />
COSEWIC St<strong>at</strong>us/<br />
Global Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Concern c<br />
W<strong>at</strong>er-dwelling birds – Gulls<br />
Black Tern Chlidonias niger Sensitive Not <strong>at</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> - 1996<br />
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicophalus philadelphia Secure<br />
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Sensitive Not <strong>at</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> - 1999<br />
Herring Gull Larus argent<strong>at</strong>us Secure<br />
California Gull Larus californicus Secure<br />
Mew Gull Larus canus Secure<br />
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Vagrant X<br />
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Secure<br />
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Vagrant X #<br />
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Vagrant X<br />
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Secure<br />
Sl<strong>at</strong>y-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Vagrant X<br />
Thayer’s Gull Larus thayeri Secure<br />
Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Undetermined L ∃ 6<br />
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea At <strong>Risk</strong> L Endangered - 2006<br />
Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea Vagrant X Thre<strong>at</strong>ened - 2001<br />
Black-legged Kittiwake<br />
(Atlantic Kittiwake)<br />
Rissa tridactyla Undetermined L<br />
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Secure Not <strong>at</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> - 1998<br />
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Secure<br />
Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini Secure<br />
Charadriiformes – Stercoraiidae<br />
W<strong>at</strong>er-dwelling birds – Jeagers<br />
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Undetermined<br />
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Undetermined<br />
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Undetermined<br />
Charadriiformes – Alcidae<br />
W<strong>at</strong>er-dwelling birds – Auks and rel<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Undetermined<br />
Thick-billed Murre (Brünnich’s<br />
Murre)<br />
Uria lomvia Sensitive<br />
Columbiformes – Columbidae<br />
Dove-like birds – Pigeons and Doves<br />
Rock Pigeon Columba livia Alien X<br />
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Vagrant X<br />
Strigiformes – Strigidae<br />
Owl-like birds – Typical Owls<br />
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Secure Not <strong>at</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> - 1995<br />
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Sensitive Special Concern - 2008<br />
32<br />
<strong>NWT</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2015</strong>