Section 5.12 Climate Change
Chapter 5 Threats
Table 5.12-1 Species at Risk of Impacts From Climate Change
Anticipated Level of Impact
(Very High or High)
2025 2025 2025 Common Name
Scientific Name
X
X
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
High
X
X
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
At-Risk SC
High
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
High
X
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
E
High
X
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
High
Great Egret
Ardea alba
High
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
High
X
X
Brant
Branta bernicla
High
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
High
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
High
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
High
X
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
High
X
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
High
X
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
High
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
High
X
X
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
SC
High
X
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
T
High
X
X
Peregrine Falcon, American Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
E
High
X
X
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
T
High
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
High
X
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
High
X
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
High
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
High
X
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
High
X
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
High
X
X
Bachman's Sparrow
Peucaea aestivalis
SC
High
X
Hairy woodpecker
Picoides villosus
High
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
High
X
X
X
King Rail
Rallus elegans
High
X
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
High
Pine Warbler
Setophaga pinus
High
X
X
Wayne's Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens waynei
E
High
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
High
X
X
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
High
Table 5.12-1 Page 3 of 5
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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