Priority Birds

Photograph by Dave Welling

Red knot

Audubon is working to achieve conservation results at scale by working within five conservation strategies to identify priority projects and target species.

Audubon's target species list continues to evolve with further study and increased focus on protecting these birds and their habitat. Right now Audubon is focusing on 83 priority species across four flyways.

Learn about the birds in your region by clicking the links below:

Priority Bird	Pacific	Central	Mississippi	Atlantic	Cross Flyway/ International
American Avocet	X
American Black Duck				X
American Oystercatcher			X	X
American Woodcock				X
Ashy Storm-Petrel	X
Bald Eagle				X
Bar-tailed Godwit	X
Bell’s Vireo	X	X
Black Oystercatcher	X
Black Rail				X
Black Skimmer			X	X
Black Tern	X
Black-capped Petrel				X
Black-throated Blue Warbler				X
Bobolink			X	X	X
Brant	X
Brown Pelican			X
Canada Warbler				X
Cerulean Warbler			X	X	X
Clapper Rail			X
Common Tern				X
Eastern Meadowlark				X
Florida Scrub-Jay				X
Golden-winged Warbler				X	X
Grasshopper Sparrow			X	X
Greater Prairie-Chicken			X
Greater Sage-Grouse		X
Gunnison Sage-Grouse		X
Henslow’s Sparrow			X	X
Hudsonian Godwit					X
Kittlit's Murrelet	X
Laysan Albatross	X
Least Tern	X	X	X	X
Lesser Prairie-Chicken		X
Little Blue Heron			X		X
Long-billed Curlew	X				X
Long-tailed Duck				X
Marbled Murrelet	X
Mottled Duck			X
Mountain Plover	X
Nelson’s Sparrow				X
Northern Goshawk	X
Northern Pintail		X
Painted Bunting				X
Piping Plover		X	X	X	X
Prairie Warbler				X
Prothonotary Warbler			X	X	X
Red Knot			X	X	X
Reddish Egret			X		X
Roseate Spoonbill				X
Roseate Tern				X
Ruddy Turnstone			X
Saltmarsh Sparrow				X
Sanderling			X	X
Sandhill Crane	X	X
Seaside Sparrow			X	X
Semipalmated Sandpiper				X
Short-billed Dowitcher			X		X
Snail Kite				X
Snowy Plover	X		X	X
Sooty Shearwater	X
Spectacled Eider	X
Spruce Grouse	X
Surf Scoter	X
Swainson's Hawk	X				X
Swainson’s Warbler				X
Swallow-tailed Kite			X	X
Swamp Sparrow				X
Tricolored Blackbird	X
Trumpeter Swan		X
Upland Sandpiper			X
Varied Thrush	X
Western Meadowlark			X
Western Sandpiper	X		X	X	X
Whooping Crane		X
Willow Flycatcher		X
Wilson's Plover			X	X
Wood Stork				X	X
Wood Thrush				X	X
Xantus's Murrelet	X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo		X
Yellow-billed Loon	X
Yellow Warbler	X

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