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Minnesota's Birds of Conservation Concern
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Audubon Minnesota, with help from our IBA Technical Committee, has designated a list of “Minnesota’s birds of conservation concern.” This list is used in helping us evaluate Important Bird Areas, set priorities, and evaluate the impact of actions on our state birds. The list is split into two groups. Group one include species on the State of Minnesota Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern list, the National Audubon Society (NAS) WatchList; (red for declining rapidly and of global conservation concern; yellow for slowly declining), and the Federal Endangered or Threatened list.

SPECIES

Audubon Minnesota Ranking

Water and Wetland

Woodland

Grassland

Shrub

Urban

NOTES

Horned Grebe

1

y

       

State Threatened

American White Pelican

1

y

       

NAS Yellow, State Special Concern

Trumpeter Swan

1

y

       

State Threatened

American Black Duck

1

y

       

NAS Yellow

Swainson's Hawk

1

   

y

   

NAS Yellow

Peregrine Falcon

1

y

     

y

State Threatened

Bald Eagle

1

y

       

State Special Concern, U.S. Threatened

Greater Prairie-Chicken

1

   

y

   

NAS Red, State Special Concern

Common Moorhen

1

y

       

State Special Concern

King Rail

1

y

       

State Endangered

Yellow Rail

1

y

       

NAS Yellow, State Special Concern

Whooping Crane

 

y

       

NAS Red, U.S. Endangered

Piping Plover

1

y

       

NAS Red, State Endangered, U.S. Threatened

American Golden-Plover

1

   

y

   

NAS Yellow

Marbled Godwit

1

y

       

NAS Yellow, State Special Concern

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

1

   

y

   

NAS Red

American Woodcock

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Wilson's Phalarope

1

y

       

NAS Yellow, State Threatened

Franklin's Gull

1

y

       

State Special Concern

Common Tern

1

y

         

Forster's Tern

1

y

       

State Special Concern

Short-eared Owl

1

   

y

   

NAS Yellow, State Special Concern

Burrowing Owl

1

   

y

   

State Endangered

Red-headed Woodpecker

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Acadian Flycatcher

1

 

y

     

State Special Concern

Olive-sided Flycatcher

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Willow Flycatcher

1

     

y

 

NAS Yellow

Loggerhead Shrike

1

     

y

 

State Threatened

Bell's Vireo

1

     

y

 

NAS Red

Wood Thrush

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Sprague's Pipit

1

   

y

   

NAS Red, State Endangered

Cerulean Warbler

1

 

y

     

NAS Red, State Special Concern

Bay-breasted Warbler

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Blue-winged Warbler

1

     

y

 

NAS Yellow

Golden-winged Warbler

1

     

y

 

NAS Red

Louisiana waterthrush

1

 

y

     

State Special Concern

Prothonotary Warbler

1

y

y

     

NAS Yellow

Worm-eating Warbler

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Kentucky Warbler

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Hooded Warbler

1

 

y

     

State Special Concern

Canada Warbler

1

 

y

     

NAS Yellow

Baird's Sparrow

1

   

y

   

NAS Red, State Endangered

Henslow's sparrow

1

   

y

   

NAS Red, State Endangered

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

1

y

       

NAS Red, State Special Concern

Harris's Sparrow

1

     

y

 

NAS Yellow

Chestnut-collared Longspur

1

   

y

   

State Endangered

Dickcissel

1

   

y

   

NAS Yellow

Rusty Blackbird

1

y

       

NAS Yellow

Group 2 includes birds not listed above but whose population is declining or in need of special attention.

SPECIES

Audubon Minnesota Ranking

Water and Wetland

Woodland

Grassland

Shrub

Urban

NOTES

American Bittern

2

y

         

Least Bittern

2

y

         

Black-crowned Night-Heron

2

y

         

Nortthern Pintail

2

y

         

Canvasback

2

y

         

Lesser Scaup

2

y

         

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

 

y

       

Northern Goshawk

2

 

y

       

Northern Harrier

2

   

y

     

Sharp-tailed Grouse

2

   

y

     

Spruce Grouse

2

 

y

       

Solitary Sandpiper

2

y

         

Greater Yellowlegs

2

y

         

Upland Sandpiper

2

   

y

     

Whimbrel

2

y

         

Hudsonian Godwit

2

y

         

Sanderling

2

y

         

Stilt Sandpiper

2

y

         

White-rumped Sandpiper

2

y

         

Red Knot

2

y

         

Short-billed Dowitcher

2

y

         

Black Tern

2

y

         

Black-billed Cuckoo

2

 

y

       

Great Gray Owl

2

 

y

       

Boreal Owl

2

 

y

       

Whip-poor-will

2

 

y

       

Sedge Wren

2

     

y

   

Cape May Warbler

2

 

y

       

Black-throated Blue Warbler

2

 

y

       

Connecticut Warbler

2

 

y

       

Field Sparrow

2

   

y

     

Le Conte's Sparrow

2

   

y

     

Grasshopper Sparrow

2

   

y

     

Smith's Longspur

2

   

y

     

Bobolink

2

   

y

     

Orchard Oriole

2

 

y

       

 

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