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North American bird species with the smallest estimated range sizes in 2004

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Range in km2

1

Eskimo Curlew

0?

2

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

0?

3

Bachman's Warbler

0?

4

Bermuda Petrel

1

5

Short-tailed Albatross

9

6

Black-footed Albatross

22

7

Cook's Petrel

50

8

Pink-footed Shearwater

150

9

Island Scrub-Jay

250

10

Xantus's Murrelet

300

11

McKay's Bunting

300

12

Thick-billed Parrot

430

13

California Condor

1,100

14

Craveri's Murrelet

1,700

15

Red-legged Kittiwake

1,740

16

Elegant Tern

2,931

17

Black-capped Petrel

2,940

18

Heerman's Gull

3,451

19

Whooping Crane

4,180

20

Florida Scrub-Jay

6,900

21

Red-crowned Parrot

7,900

22

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

9,700

23

Kirtland's Warbler

11,700

24

Emperor Goose

13,335

25

Yellow-footed Gull

16,000

26

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

16,000

27

Golden-cheeked Warbler

19,700

28

Allen's Hummingbird

31,000

29

Gray Hawk

35,000

30

Western Gull

36,000

31

Bicknell's Thrush

39,000

32

Bristle-thighed Curlew

45,000

These population estimates are primarily from the Threatened Birds of the World 2004 summary done by BirdLife International. Many of these range sizes refer to breeding ranges only; many species have much larger ranges in the non-breeding season.

 

 

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