CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^240storms, but also a lack of aggradations of sands is leading to a loss of some wetlands.
Habitats are generally considered imperiled because of rarity due to very restricted range. Several of the
communities making up this subtype are considered vulnerable because of a gradual decrease in wetland
surface area and the presence of exotic weeds. However the wetlands are protected from further
development and are maintained as a protected park by the National Park Service.
SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
BARRIER ISLAND WETLANDS
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Birds Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Plover 1
Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris Southeastern Snowy Plover 1
Haematopus palliatus American Oystercatcher 1
Migrant Songbirds 1
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle 2
Rynchops niger Black Skimmer 2
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler 2
Sterna nilotica Gull-Billed Tern 2
Sterna antillarum Least Tern 2
Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron 2
Anas fulvigula Mottled Duck 2
Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow 2
Passerina ciris Painted Bunting 2
Sterna maxima Royal Tern 2
Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich Tern 2
Ammodramus maritimus Seaside Sparrow 2
Asio flammeus Short-Eared Owl 2
Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler 2
Eudocimus albus White Ibis 2
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover 2
Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret 2
Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit 2
Pandion haliaetu s Osprey 3
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Crowned Night-Heron 3
Tyto alba Common Barn-Owl 3
Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler 3
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler 3
Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager 3
Egretta thula Snowy Egret 3
Egretta tricolor Tricolored Heron 3
Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-Eating Warbler 3