APPENDIX PA-1 The species that scored above a threshold established by each Taxa Team for the Conservation Concern evaluation category have been designated as Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). All SGCN are considered a priority for use of State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program funds. Any changes to the SGCN list to add or remove species will be reviewed and approved by the USFWS as a major revision to the North Carolina Wildlife Action Plan (NCWAP). In subsequent revisions, species that are newly listed for protection under the ESA, or that are petitioned for listing and for which the USFWS issues a positive 90-day finding, and newly described species will be prioritized for SGCN designation without need for evaluation
by a Taxa Team.
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Federal/ State Status*
SEAFWA Regional SGCN
SGCN Status (2020 update)
Scientific Name
Common Name
Geothlypis formosa
Kentucky Warbler
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
- / - - / - - / -
X X X -- X X X -- X -- X X -- -- -- -- X X X -- -- X X -- X -- -- X X -- X -- X -- -- X -- X X -- -- -- -- -- X
Rallus elegans
King Rail
Ammospiza [= Ammodramus ] leconteii
Le Conte's Sparrow
Ixobrychus exilis
Least Bittern
- / SC - / SC - / SC - / SC
Sterna [= Sternula] antillarum
Least Tern
Egretta caerulea Lanius ludovicianus Clangula hyemalis Parkesia motacilla
Little Blue Heron Loggerhead Shrike Long-tailed Duck
- / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / -
Louisiana Waterthrush Marbled Godwit Nelson's Sparrow Northern Bobwhite Northern Harrier Northern Saw-whet Owl Olive-sided Flycatcher
Limosa fedoa
Ammospiza [= Ammodramus] nelsoni
Colinus virginianus
Circus cyaneus
Aegolius acadicus Contopus cooperi Falco peregrinus Charadrius melodus Setophaga discolor Protonotaria citrea Calidris maritima Loxia curvirostra Calidris canutus rufa
- / T - / - - / E T / T
Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Prairie Warbler
- / - - / - - / -
Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Sandpiper
Red Crossbill
- / SC
Red Knot
T / T E / E
Dryobaes borealis [= Picoides borealis]
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - - / -
Thalasseus maximus Arenaria interpres
Royal Tern
Ruddy Turnstone Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Ammospiza caudacuta [= Ammodramus caudacutus Saltmarsh Sparrow Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird
Calidris alba
Sanderling
Thalasseus sandvicensis Passerculus sandwichensis
Sandwich Tern
Savannah Sparrow
Ammospiza maritima [= Ammodramus maritimus ] Seaside Sparrow
Calidris pusilla Accipiter striatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sharp-shinned Hawk
X (New)
Egretta thula
Snowy Egret Surf Scoter
X X X X X X X X X X
- / SC
Melanitta perspicillata Limnothlypis swainsonii
- / - - / - - / -
Swainson's Warbler Swallow-tailed Kite Tricolored Heron
Elanoides forficatus
Egretta tricolor
- / SC
Cygnus columbianus Catharus fuscescens Pooecetes gramineus
Tundra Swan
- / - - / -
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
- / SC
Rallus limicola
Virginia Rail
- / - - / E
Setophaga virens waynei
Wayne's Black-throated Green Warbler
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NC Wildlife Action Plan
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