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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>

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