Priority Species   (Complete List of Species)

Key to Priority Plans
PIF Partners in Flight priorities from Bird Conservation Regions 12 and 23 and Continental Watch List species.  Regional priorities included Tier I and II species.
SGCN Species of Greatest Conservation Need for Wisconsin's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan.  This includes all state-listed species.
WBIRD Upper Mississippi River/Great Lakes Waterbird Conservation Plan.  Bird species rated as high concern were included from BCRs 12 and 23.
WFOWL Regional priorities from WCR 12 and 23 from the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.  This included all species of high priority during breeding or non-breeding seasons.
SBIRD Regional/continental priorities from the Upper Miss/Great Lakes Joint Venture Shorebird Plan.  This includes all species with a total risk score (regional or continental) of 4 or 5.
  
 
SPECIES NAME   Priority Plan    SPECIES NAME   Priority Plan
Canada Goose (MVP)   WFOWL   Olive-sided Flycatcher   SGCN, PIF
Trumpeter Swan   SGCN   Acadian Flycatcher   SGCN, PIF
Tundra Swan   WFOWL   Willow Flycatcher   SGCN, PIF
American Black Duck   SGCN, WFOWL   Least Flycatcher   SGCN, PIF
Mallard   WFOWL   Loggerhead Shrike   SGCN
Blue-winged Teal   SGCN   Bell's Vireo   SGCN
Northern Pintail   WFOWL   Yellow-throated Vireo   PIF
Canvasback   SGCN   Warbling Vireo   PIF
Redhead   SGCN   Northern Rough-winged Swallow   PIF
Lesser Scaup   SGCN, WFOWL   Bank Swallow   PIF
Hooded Merganser   WFOWL   Barn Swallow   PIF
Ruffed Grouse   PIF   Boreal Chickadee   SGCN
Spruce Grouse   SGCN   Sedge Wren   PIF
Sharp-tailed Grouse   SGCN   Marsh Wren   PIF
Greater Prairie-Chicken   SGCN, PIF   Veery   SGCN, PIF
Northern Bobwhite   SGCN, PIF   Wood Thrush   SGCN, PIF
Horned Grebe   SGCN   Brown Thrasher   SGCN, PIF
Red-necked Grebe   SGCN, WBIRD   Blue-winged Warbler   SGCN, PIF
American Bittern   SGCN, WBIRD   Golden-winged Warbler   SGCN, PIF
Great Egret   SGCN   Nashville Warbler   PIF
Snowy Egret   SGCN   Chestnut-sided Warbler   PIF
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   SGCN   Black-throated Blue Warbler   SGCN, PIF
Osprey   SGCN   Black-throated Green Warbler   PIF
Bald Eagle   SGCN   Blackburnian Warbler   PIF
Northern Harrier   SGCN, PIF   Yellow-throated Warbler   SGCN
Northern Goshawk   SGCN   Kirtland's Warbler   SGCN, PIF
Red-shouldered Hawk   SGCN   Cerulean Warbler   SGCN, PIF
Broad-winged Hawk   PIF   Prothonotary Warbler   SGCN
Peregrine Falcon   SGCN   Worm-eating Warbler   SGCN
Yellow Rail   SGCN, WBIRD   Louisiana Waterthrush   SGCN
King Rail   SGCN, WBIRD   Kentucky Warbler   SGCN
Whooping Crane   SGCN   Connecticut Warbler   SGCN, PIF
American Golden-Plover   SGCN, SBIRD   Mourning Warbler   PIF
Piping Plover   SGCN, SBIRD   Common Yellowthroat   PIF
Solitary Sandpiper   SGCN, SBIRD   Hooded Warbler   SGCN
Greater Yellowlegs   SBIRD   Canada Warbler   SGCN, PIF
Upland Sandpiper   SGCN, SBIRD   Clay-colored Sparrow   PIF
Whimbrel   SGCN, SBIRD   Field Sparrow   SGCN, PIF
Hudsonian Godwit   SGCN, SBIRD   Vesper Sparrow   SGCN, PIF
Marbled Godwit   SGCN, SBIRD   Lark Sparrow   SGCN
Dunlin   SGCN, SBIRD   Grasshopper Sparrow   SGCN, PIF
Buff-breasted Sandpiper   SGCN, SBIRD   Henslow's Sparrow   SGCN, PIF
Short-billed Dowitcher   SGCN, SBIRD   Le Conte's Sparrow   SGCN
American Woodcock   SGCN, SBIRD   Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow   SGCN
Wilson's Phalarope   SGCN, SBIRD   Swamp Sparrow   PIF
Caspian Tern   SGCN   White-throated Sparrow   PIF
Common Tern   SGCN, WBIRD   Rose-breasted Grosbeak   PIF
Forster's Tern   SGCN   Dickcissel   SGCN, PIF
Black Tern   SGCN, WBIRD   Bobolink   SGCN, PIF
Black-billed Cuckoo   SGCN, PIF   Eastern Meadowlark   SGCN, PIF
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   SGCN   Western Meadowlark   SGCN, PIF
Barn Owl   SGCN   Yellow-headed Blackbird   PIF
Short-eared Owl   SGCN, PIF   Rusty Blackbird   SGCN, PIF
Whip-poor-will   SGCN, PIF   Purple Finch   PIF
Chimney Swift   PIF   Red Crossbill   SGCN
Belted Kingfisher   PIF        
Red-headed Woodpecker   SGCN, PIF        
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   PIF        
Black-backed Woodpecker   SGCN        
Northern Flicker   PIF        
Kreitinger, K. and A. Paulios, editors. 2007.
The Wisconsin All-Bird Conservation Plan, Version 1.0. Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Madison, WI.