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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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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
  • Canadian Wildlife Service.
TitleCOSEWIC 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 typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
Earlier editionCOSEWIC assessment and status report on the McCown's Longspur, Calcarius mccownii, in Canada
FormatDigital text
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-
Descriptionx, 35 p. : ill., maps
ISBN978-0-660-05552-7
Catalogue number
  • CW69-14/488-2016E-PDF
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