080121-08MN006-Sabina Hackett River Project Proposal ... - NIRB

Description of the Existing EnvironmentTable 6.2-13Status of Gamebirds Potentially Occurring in the Project AreaSpecies StatusSpecies Scientific Name Nunavut SARA Designation COSEWIC OccurrenceSpruce GrouseFalcipennis Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossiblecanadensisWillow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedRock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedTable 6.2-14Status of Landbirds and SongbirdsPotentially Occurring in the Project AreaSpecies StatusSpecies Scientific Name Nunavut SARA Designation COSEWIC OccurrenceGray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleHorned Lark Eremophila alpestris Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedCliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleBoreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleAmerican Pipit Anthus rubescens Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedGray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedAmerican Robin Turdus migratorius Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed LikelyYellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedYellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleBlackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleWilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed LikelyAmerican Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleSavannah SparrowPasserculusSecure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedsandwichensisSwamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleHarris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedWhite-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedDark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Undetermined Not currently scheduled Not assessed PossibleLapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedSmith's Longspur Calcarius pictus Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed LikelySnow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Sensitive Not currently scheduled Not assessed LikelyCommon Redpoll Carduelis flammea Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed ConfirmedHoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Secure Not currently scheduled Not assessed Confirmed6.2.10.3 Marine Mammals and Marine BirdsTables 6.2-15 and 6.2-16 present the status of marine mammals and birds that could potentiallyoccur along the shipping route. Of the marine mammals, most of them are species of concern.For the marine birds, many of the species are poorly understood in the high Arctic and are notcurrently accessed by COSEWIC. Several species are, however, identified as species of concern(e.g., Ross’s Gull).January 2008 Hackett River Project – Project Proposal Sabina Silver CorporationReport Version B.1 6–22 Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. (Proj. #833-2)