Alabama Inventory List- The Rare, Threatened, and Endangered ...
Alabama Inventory List- The Rare, Threatened, and Endangered ...
Alabama Inventory List- The Rare, Threatened, and Endangered ...
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Scientific Name<br />
Common Name<br />
Global<br />
Rank<br />
State<br />
Rank<br />
Federal<br />
Status<br />
State<br />
Status<br />
CLASS AVES – Birds<br />
ORDER ANSERIFORMES - Screamers, Swans, Geese, <strong>and</strong> Ducks<br />
Family Anatidae Swans, Geese, <strong>and</strong> Ducks<br />
Anas fulvigula mottled duck G4 S2N,S3B<br />
Anas rubripes American black duck G5 S2B,S5N<br />
ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES - Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks, <strong>and</strong> Allies<br />
Family Charadriidae - Plovers <strong>and</strong> Lapwings<br />
Charadrius alex<strong>and</strong>rinus tenuirostris southeastern snowy plover G4T3Q S1B,S2N SP<br />
Charadrius melodus piping plover G3 S1N LE-LT 3 SP<br />
Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's plover G5 S1 SP<br />
Family Haematopodidae - Oystercatchers<br />
Haematopus palliatus American oystercatcher G5 S1 SP<br />
Family Laridae - Jagers, Skuas, Gulls, <strong>and</strong> Terns<br />
Rynchops niger black skimmer G5 S1B,S4N<br />
Sterna antillarum least tern G4 S2B,S4N<br />
LE-LT(PS) 4<br />
Sterna caspia Caspian tern G5 S2B,S4N<br />
Sterna forsteri Forster's tern G5 S1B,S5N<br />
Sterna hirundo common tern G5 S1B,S4N<br />
Sterna maxima royal tern G5 S1B,S5N<br />
Sterna nilotica gull-billed tern G5 S2B,S4N SP<br />
Sterna s<strong>and</strong>vicensis s<strong>and</strong>wich tern G5 S1B,S5N<br />
Family Scolopacidae - Snipe, Woodcock, <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>pipers<br />
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus willet G5 S2B,S5N<br />
Numenius americanus long-billed curlew G5 S2N<br />
Scolopax minor American woodcock G5 S3B,S5N<br />
ORDER CICONIIFORMES - Herons, Storks, Ibises, Flamingoes, <strong>and</strong> Allies<br />
Family Ardeidae - Herons <strong>and</strong> Bitterns<br />
Botaurus lentiginosus American bittern G4 SAB,S3N<br />
Egretta rufescens reddish egret G4 S1B,S3N SP<br />
Ixobrychus exilis least bittern G5 S2N,S4B<br />
Family Ciconiidae - Storks<br />
Mycteria americana wood stork G4 S2N LE(PS) 5 SP<br />
Family Threskiornithidae - Ibises <strong>and</strong> Spoonbills<br />
Eudocimus albus white ibis G5 S3N,S4B<br />
Plegadis falcinellus glossy ibis G5 S1B,S3N<br />
ORDER COLUMBIFORMES - Pigeons <strong>and</strong> Doves<br />
Family Columbidae - Doves <strong>and</strong> Pigeons<br />
Columbina passerine common ground-dove G5 S3 SP<br />
ORDER CUCULIFORMES - Cuckoos <strong>and</strong> Allies<br />
Family Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, <strong>and</strong> Anis<br />
Coccyzus erythropthalmus black-billed cuckoo G5 SAB<br />
Crotophaga sulcirostris groove-billed ani G5 S2N<br />
3 Charadrius melodus, LE, LT; <strong>List</strong>ed by USFWS as <strong>Endangered</strong> in Great Lakes watersheds of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,<br />
Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, <strong>and</strong> Wisconsin; <strong>List</strong>ed as <strong>Threatened</strong> elsewhere, including <strong>Alabama</strong>.<br />
4 Sterna antillarum subspecies complex; some subspecies are federally listed. <strong>List</strong>ed by USFWS as <strong>Endangered</strong> on U.S. west coast<br />
(subspecies browni) <strong>and</strong> on interior U.S. rivers, except within 50 miles of the coast.<br />
5 Mycteria americana, <strong>List</strong>ed by USFWS as <strong>Endangered</strong> in <strong>Alabama</strong>, Florida, Georgia, <strong>and</strong> South Carolina; not listed elsewhere.<br />
<strong>Alabama</strong> Natural Heritage Program SM – 2007 Tracking <strong>List</strong> Page 7
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