Wisconsin Bird Species Watch List adapted from the State of North America's Birds 2016

The following is a table of Watch List Bird Species occurring in Wisconsin that I adapted from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative's (NABCI) State of North America's Birds 2016. According to the NABCI's study, species were assigned concern scores ranging from 4-20 with 20 being a score of greatest conservation concern and 4 being relatively widespread, secure species. Details on their methodology can be found here. 

The Watch List is comprised of species with concern scores of 14 or higher, or with a concern score of 13 and a steeply declining population trend. It reflects "the species most at risk of extinction without significant conservation actions to reverse declines and reduce threats." 

Specific to this adapted table, I included species I know to have been found in Wisconsin within the last 5 years. The species in bold are those that occur on a regular annual basis in Wisconsin, albeit some are rare regular (small numbers occur annually). That's 40 species seen regularly in Wisconsin at risk of extinction! 

English Name	Scientific Name	Breeding Habitat	Concern Score
Greater Prairie-Chicken	Tympanuchus cupido	Grasslands	16
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	Coasts	16
Kirtland's Warbler	Setophaga kirtlandii	E. Temp. Forest	16
Whooping Crane	Grus americana	Boreal Forest (Wet)	16
Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	Wetlands	16
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Tundra (Wet)	15
Cerulean Warbler	Setophaga cerulea	E. Temp. Forest	15
Chestnut-collared Longspur	Calcarius ornatus	Grasslands	15
King Rail	Rallus elegans	Wetlands	15
Lewis's Woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	W. Temp. Forest	15
Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa	Wetlands	15
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	Coasts	15
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	Grasslands	14
Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis	Boreal Forest	14
Common Eider	Somateria mollissima	Coasts	14
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Antrostomus vociferus	E. Temp. Forest	14
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	Grasslands	14
Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa haemastica	Boreal Forest (Wet)	14
Kentucky Warbler	Geothlypis formosa	E. Temp. Forest	14
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	Wetlands	14
Nelson's Sparrow	Ammodramus nelsoni	Wetlands	14
Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	E. Temp. Forest	14
Rufous Hummingbird	Selasphorus rufus	W. Temp. Forest	14
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris pusilla	Tundra (Wet)	14
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	Boreal Forest (Wet)	14
Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata	Boreal Forest (Wet)	14
Willet	Tringa semipalmata	Wetlands	14
Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina	E. Temp. Forest	14
American Black Duck	Anas rubripes	Boreal Forest (Wet)	13
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor	E. Temp. Forest	13
Band-tailed Pigeon	Patagioenas fasciata	W. Temp. Forest	13
Black Scoter	Melanitta americana	Tundra (Wet)	13
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	Boreal Forest	13
Cape May Warbler	Setophaga tigrina	Boreal Forest	13
Connecticut Warbler	Oporornis agilis	Boreal Forest	13
Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes vespertinus	Boreal Forest	13
Harris's Sparrow	Zonotrichia querula	Tundra	13
Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Wetlands	13
King Eider	Somateria spectabilis	Tundra (Wet)	13
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Boreal Forest (Wet)	13
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Forest Generalist	13
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	Boreal Forest	13
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Tundra (Wet)	13
Prairie Warbler	Setophaga discolor	E. Temp. Forest	13
Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	E. Temp. Forest	13
Snowy Owl	Bubo scandiacus	Tundra	13
White-winged Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Boreal Forest (Wet)	13