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Species of Concern

The following species figure prominently in our citizen science programs and Important Bird Area program based on their conservation priority as stated in the Montana Bird Conservation Plan (Levels I & II) and/or by BirdLife International (Vulnerable or Near Threatened). To review the current Montana Species of Concern list (updated 3.2022), click here.

Montana Natural Heritage Program Birds of Conservation Concern: NHP Animal SOC 2022

 

Level I priority:

  • Black Swift
  • Whooping Crane
  • Least Tern
  • Sharp-tailed Grouse

Level II priority:

  • Chestnut-collared Longspur
  • Greater Sage-Grouse
  • Piping Plover
  • Mountain Plover
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Caspian Tern
  • Black Rosy-Finch
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
  • Lewis’s Woodpecker
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Level III Priority:

  • Northern Goshawk
  • Clark’s Grebe
  • LeConte’s Sparrow
  • Nelson’s Sparrow
  • Sprague’s Pipit
  • Golden Eagle
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Sagebrush Sparrow
  • Burrowing Owl
  • American Bittern
  • Ferruginous Hawk
  • Veery
  • Baird’s Sparrow
  • Brown Creeper
  • Black Tern
  • Sedge Wren
  • Evening Grosbeak
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Yellow Rail
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Bobolink
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Common Loon
  • Pinyon Jay
  • Cassin’s Finch
  • Black-necked Stilt
  • Varied Thrush
  • White-tailed Ptarmigan
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Franklin’s Gull
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Clark’s Nutcracker
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Black-crowned Night-heron
  • Sage Thrasher
  • American White Pelican
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
  • Green-tailed Towhee
  • White-faced Ibis
  • Horned Grebe
  • Boreal Chickadee
  • Flammulated Owl
  • Thick-billed Longspur
  • Brewer’s Sparrow
  • Forster’s Tern
  • Great Gray Owl
  • Northern Hawk Owl
  • Pacific Wren

Species recently removed from MT's SOC list

  • Peregrine Falcon – 2022
  • Bald Eagle – 2012
  • Grasshopper Sparrow – 2012
  • American Three-toed Woodpecker – 2009
  • Baltimore Oriole – 2009
  • Barn Owl – 2009
  • Black-and-white Warbler – 2009
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird – 2009
  • Cassin’s Kingbird – 2009
  • Dickcissel – 2009
  • Eastern Bluebird – 2009
  • Lark Bunting – 2009
  • Northern Hawk Owl – 2009
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher – 2009
  • Orchard Oriole – 2009
  • Williamson’s Sapsucker – 2009
  • Northern Goshawk – 2008

Species of Greatest Inventory Need:

BirdLife International Threatened:

  • Whooping Crane

BirdLife International Vulnerable:

  • Piping Plover
  • Mountain Plover
  • Pinyon Jay
  • Sprague’s Pipit
  • Rusty Blackbird

BirdLife International Near Threatened:

  • Greater Sage-Grouse
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur
  • Brewer’s Sparrow
  • Cassin’s Finch.

For information contact Amy Seaman, [email protected]

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