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Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska

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Table 4. Long-term (1966-1987) trends in continental populations for breeding birds in the Platte River ecosystem. Significance levels are (*)= P<0.05, (**)= P<0.01.

Species	% Annual Decline	Habitat	Neotropical Migrant?
Northern pintail	6.9 **	Wetland	N
Field sparrow	3.7**	Edge	N
Grasshopper sparrow	3.2**	Grassland	N
Loggerhead shrike	3.1**	Edge	N
Northern flicker	2.8*	Woodland	N
Lark bunting	2.8**	Grassland	N
Black-billed magpie	2.7**	Grassland	N
Lark sparrow	2.5**	Grassland	N
Rufous-sided towhee	2.3**	Edge	N
Northern bobwhite	1.9**	Edge	N
Eastern meadowlark	1.9**	Grassland	N
Northern mockingbird	1.8**	Edge	N
Orchard oriole	1.8**	Woodland	Y
Wood thrush	1.7**	Woodland	Y
Yellow-breasted chat	1.5**	Edge	Y
Eastern wood-pewee	1.4**	Woodland	Y
Blue jay	1.4**	Woodland	N
Northern harrier	1.1*	Grassland	N
Song sparrow	1.1**	Edge	N
House sparrow	1.1**	Urban	N
Red-headed woodpecker	0.9*	Woodland	N
Brown thrasher	0.9*	Edge	N
Western meadowlark	0.8*	Grassland	N
Eurorpean starling	0.7*	Urban	N
Northern cardinal	0.6**	Woodland	N
Common grackle	0.6*	Urban	N
American goldfinch	0.6**	Edge	N
Indigo bunting	0.5**	Edge	Y
Brown-headed cowbird	0.5*	Grassland	N

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