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LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII (SWAINSON'S WARBLER)
HIGH Breeding status surveys (breeding status survey)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveysMELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS (RED-HEADED WOODPECKER)
MEDIUM Specific research: where good acorn crops occur these birds winter; where
competition with starlings and house sparrows is low, they reproduce well
LOW Plan and conduct species status surveys
MYCTERIA AMERICANA (WOOD STORK)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
PANDION HALIAETUS (OSPREY)
MEDIUM Breeding status surveys to asses numbers and distribution of breeding osprey
MEDIUM Additional survey work: water bird surveys, and eagle surveys, Christmas bird
counts
PASSERINA CIRIS (PAINTED BUNTING)
MEDIUM Monitor species population trends and determine quantity, condition and
context of suitable habitat
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS (AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN)
MEDIUM Monitor species population trends and determine quantity, condition and
context of suitable habitat (winter populations, food taken, methods to prevent
birds from causing damage)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS (BROWN PELICAN)
MEDIUM Breeding status surveys: research needed on where Mississippi birds come
from and breed
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
PICOIDES BOREALIS (RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER)
HIGH Monitor species population trends and determine quantity, condition and
context of suitable habitat
MEDIUM Breeding status surveys
PIRANGA OLIVACEA (SCARLET TANAGER)
LOW Plan and conduct species status surveys
RALLUS ELEGANS (KING RAIL)
HIGH Plan and conduct species status surveys
MEDIUM Statewide breeding status surveys
RYNCHOPS NIGER (BLACK SKIMMER)
HIGH Plan and conduct species status surveys
HIGH Breeding status surveys (baseline research on reproduction, survival, movement
in Mississippi)