Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Conduct migration surveys statewide to determine the extent of use of successional and other habitats by post-breeding and migratory birds.
Successional habitats
Post-breeding birds
Migratory Birds
• Determine the status and distribution of inland nesting wading birds.
Anhinga
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
• Survey for birds that may be declining in Longleaf Pine habitats.
Longleaf Pine
Bachman's Sparrow
• Determine the status and distribution of Wayne’s Black-throated Green Warbler.
• Survey for potential nesting birds in caves and on cliffs and rock outcrops.
Caves Rock Outcrops and Cliffs
Common Raven Black Vulture
Peregrine Falcon Turkey Vulture
• Determine the status and distribution of Swallow-tailed Kite and Mississippi Kite.
• Determine the breeding and roosting status and distribution of birds in natural conditions along major floodplains with appropriate habitat conditions (e.g. older, hollow trees).
Inland Floodplains
Blackwater Floodplains Brownwater Floodplains
Chimney Swift
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