COSEWIC assessment and status report on the McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes mccownii, in Canada .: CW69-14/488-2016E-PDF
"This grassland bird has experienced a severe population decline since at least the late 1960s, and there is evidence of a substantial, continuing decline. The species is primarily threatened by continuing loss and degradation of grassland habitats within both its breeding and wintering grounds"--Reason for designation, p. iii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. |
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| Title | COSEWIC assessment and status report on the McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes mccownii, in Canada . |
| Variant title | McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes mccownii, in Canada COSEWIC status report on the McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes mccownii, in Canada |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | COSEWIC assessment and status report on the McCown's Longspur, Calcarius mccownii, in Canada |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le plectrophane de McCown, Rhynchophanes mccownii, au Canada. Cover title. "Threatened, 2016." "COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Andrew Gregg Horn for writing the status report [...]. This report was overseen and edited by Jon McCracken, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Birds Specialist Subcommittee"--Cf. (p. ii). Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-31). |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Environment Canada, c2016. |
| Author / Contributor | McCracken, Jon D. Horn, Andrew Gregg, 1959- |
| Description | x, 35 p. : ill., maps |
| ISBN | 978-0-660-05552-7 |
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| Subject terms | Endangered species Birds Nature conservation |
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