Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
A Guide for Wisconsin

Table 3. Management priority of grassland birds in Wisconsin, ranked in order from highest management concern to lowest. Species of management concern are in bold.

Score^a	Species^b	Wisconsin Status	Partners in Flight Watch List Species^c	USFWS Region 3 Species of Management Concern^d	Adequately Monitored^e

81	Henslow's sparrow	state-threatened			no
78.5	Bobolink	special concern ^f			yes
71	Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow	special concern			no
71	Yellow rail	state-threatened			no
71	Loggerhead shrike	state-endangered			no
70	Lark sparrow	special concern			no
69.5	Grasshopper sparrow	special concern			yes
69.5	Red-headed sparrow	special concern			yes
69	Field sparrow	special concern			yes
68	Eastern meadowlark	special concern			yes
67.5	Savannah sparrow				yes
67	Sedge wren				no
67	Vesper sparrow	special concern			yes
66.5	Western meadowlark	special concern			yes
66	Upland sandpiper	special concern			yes
66	Wilson's phalarope	special concern			no
65.5	Bell's vireo	state-threatened			no
64.5	Dickcissel	special concern			no
64	Greater prairie-chicken	state-threatened			yes
64	Short-eared owl	special concern			no
64	Orchard oriole	special concern			yes
63	Blue-winged teal	special concern			yes
62.5	Le Conte's sparrow	special concern			no
61.5	Clay-colored sparrow				no
61	Sharp-tailed grouse	special concern			no
60.5	Common nighthawk				no
60	Northern harrier	special concern			yes
59.5	Swamp sparrow				no
59.5	Willow flycatcher				yes
57.5	Ring-necked pheasant				yes
57.5	Eastern kingbird				yes
57	Gray partridge				yes
56	Northern bobwhite				yes
55	Brown-headed cowbird				yes
54	Brewer's blackbird				yes
54	Barn owl	state-endangered			no
53	Green-winged teal				no
52	Northern pintail				no
52	Common grackle				yes
51.5	Common yellowthroat				yes
51	American goldfinch				yes
50.5	Eastern bluebird				no
50.5	Red-winged blackbird				yes
49.5	American wigeon	special concern			no
49	Alder flycatcher				yes
48.5	Horned lark				yes
48.5	Northern shoveler				no
47	Killdeer				yes
47	Song sparrow				yes
46.5	Gadwall				no
45.5	American kestrel				yes
45.5	Cattle egret	special concern			no
45.5	Barn swallow				yes
37	Red-tailed hawk				yes
33	Mourning dove				yes
32	Mallard				yes

^a Scores are based on these criteria; the maximum score possible is 102.5. See Sample (1995) for a description of how scores were calculated.
^b Same species as in Table 1.
^c See Carter et al. (1996).
^d See Office of Migratory Bird Management (1995).
^e i.e., is species currently adequately monitored by existing programs such as BBS, Wisconsin Checklist Project, and DNR surveys. See Robbins et al. (1996) for a discussion of adquate monitoring.
^f Special concern status denotes species about which some problem with abundance or distribution is suspected. This category is intended to focus attention on certain species before they become threatened or endangered.

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Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds A Guide for Wisconsin

Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
A Guide for Wisconsin