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B1: Species of Conservation Concern at the Continental Level

These species include those on the Audubon WatchList (Red and Yellow),
species listed as
Federally Endangered and Threatened and Federal Birds of Conservation Concern

Brant
Trumpeter Swan
American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Steller's Eider
Spectacled Eider
Blue Grouse
Mountain Quail
Montezuma Quail
Yellow-billed Loon
Short-tailed Albatross
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
[Pacific] Brown Pelican
Red-faced Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Wood Stork
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Harris's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
[Audubon's] Crested Caracara
Aplomado Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Yellow Rail
[California] Clapper Rail
[Light-footed] Clapper Rail
[Yuma] Clapper Rail
[Hawaiian] Common Moorhen
Limpkin
[Mississippi] Sandhill Crane
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
[Hawaiian] Black-necked Stilt
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Purple Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Yellow-footed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Aleutian Tern
Black Skimmer
Razorbill
Whiskered Auklet
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black-billed Cuckoo
[Western] Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Flammulated Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
[Cactus] Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
Antillean Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
White-throated Swift

Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Lewis's Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
[Southwest] Willow Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher (all except extimus)
Thick-billed Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Kauai Oo
[San Clemente] Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike (all except mearnsi)
Gray Vireo
Yellow-billed Magpie
Tamaulipas Crow
[Streaked] Horned Lark
Oak Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren - [altus subspecies]
Bewick's Wren - [bewicki subspecies]
Sedge Wren
California Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Wrentit
Curve-billed Thrasher
California Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
[Inyo] California Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
[San Clemente] Sage Sparrow
[Florida] Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
[Cape Sable] Seaside Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
McCown's Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Dickcissel
Tricolored Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Audubon's Oriole
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Hawaii Amakihi
Greater Akialoa
Kakawahie
Apapane

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