Birds and Climate Change in the Eastern Sierra
Intro | Key | List of Species At Risk
Species At Risk in our Chapter's Area - Introduction
Audubon scientists used citizen science observations with climate models to predict how birds in the U.S. and Canada will react to climate change. They found that 314 species are climate threatened or endangered (T&E). To help localize these findings, they provided a list showing the climate T&E birds whose current climate range falls within Eastern Sierra Audubon's territory, which includes 104 species.
This list is meant to be a guide. It is based on birds’ current climate range, which may not align exactly with their actual ranges. Maps and more information for each species are available at climate.audubon.org.
Feel free to contact Audubon with any questions:
Katie Krieger
Environmental Engineer
Audubon California
415-644-4612
www.ca.audubon.org
Species At Risk in our Chapter's Area - Understanding the List
Column 1: Species
Climate threatened and endangered species whose current climate range falls within your chapter’s territory.
Column 2: Audubon Climate Status
There are four possible classifications for each species. Below they are described and ranked from highest to lowest threat:
- ENDANGERED_2: This species has been modeled both during the CBC (Christmas Bird Count - winter season) and BBS (breeding season), and it's considered climate endangered during both seasons
- ENDANGERED_1: This species is considered climate endangered during one season (CBC or BBS)
- THREATENED_2: This species has been modeled both during the CBC and BBS, and it's considered climate threatened during both seasons
- THREATENED_1: This species is considered climate threatened during one season (CBC or BBS)
Where:
- Climate endangered means the species could lose at least half of its current climate range by the year 2050, with no chance to make it up elsewhere
- Climate threatened means the species could lose at least half of its current climate range by the year 2080, with the chance to make up that loss in expanded climatic range
Column 3: BBS Sensitivity
Climate sensitivity during the breeding season (BBS). See above for definitions of climate endangered and climate threatened.
Column 4: CBC Sensitivity
Climate sensitivity during the winter (CBC). See above for definitions of climate endangered and climate threatened.
Column 5: Season(s) Present
Displays the season(s) that the species’ core climate range falls within your chapter’s territory, where BBS = breeding season and CBC = winter.
An asterisk (*) is used to indicate that the species is climate stable during the breeding season (BBS), and a plus sign (+) is used to indicate that the species is climate stable during the winter (CBC).
Species At Risk in our Chapter's Area - The List
Species | Audubon Climate Status | BBS Sensitivity | CBC Sensitivity | Season(s) Present |
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California Gull | ENDANGERED_2 | ENDANGERED | ENDANGERED | Both |
Dunlin | ENDANGERED_2 | ENDANGERED | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Merlin | ENDANGERED_2 | ENDANGERED | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Red Crossbill | ENDANGERED_2 | ENDANGERED | ENDANGERED | Both |
American Bittern | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | CBC |
American White Pelican | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
American Wigeon | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Bald Eagle | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Bell's Sparrow / Sage Sparrow | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Black-billed Magpie | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Brown Creeper | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Bufflehead | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Burrowing Owl | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | CBC |
Cinnamon Teal | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Clark's Grebe | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | CBC |
Clark's Nutcracker | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | Both |
Common Poorwill | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | BBS |
Eared Grebe | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Ferruginous Hawk | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Gadwall | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Golden Eagle | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | ENDANGERED_1 | Not modeled | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Greater Sage-Grouse | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Greater Scaup | ENDANGERED_1 | STABLE | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Green-tailed Towhee | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | BBS |
Hermit Warbler | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | BBS |
Hooded Merganser | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Horned Grebe | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Long-eared Owl | ENDANGERED_1 | Not modeled | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Mallard | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Northern Harrier | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Northern Pygmy-Owl | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | CBC |
Northern Shoveler | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Prairie Falcon | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Pygmy Nuthatch | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | Both |
Redhead | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Red-naped Sapsucker | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Ring-billed Gull | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Ring-necked Duck | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Rufous Hummingbird | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | BBS |
Short-eared Owl | ENDANGERED_1 | Not modeled | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Townsend's Solitaire | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Tundra Swan | ENDANGERED_1 | STABLE | ENDANGERED | CBC |
Varied Thrush | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Vaux's Swift | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | Not modeled | BBS |
Western Grebe | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | STABLE | Both+ |
Western Wood-Pewee | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | Not modeled | BBS |
White-headed Woodpecker | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | Both |
Williamson's Sapsucker | ENDANGERED_1 | ENDANGERED | THREATENED | Both |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | ENDANGERED_1 | THREATENED | ENDANGERED | Both |
Band-tailed Pigeon | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | CBC |
Cassin's Finch | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | Both |
Gray Flycatcher | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | BBS |
Mountain Chickadee | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | Both |
Pinyon Jay | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | CBC |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | CBC |
Sooty Grouse / Dusky Grouse | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | CBC |
Western Screech-Owl | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | CBC |
Wilson's Warbler | THREATENED_2 | THREATENED | THREATENED | BBS |
American Dipper | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
American Kestrel | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
American Pipit | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Barn Owl | THREATENED_1 | Not modeled | THREATENED | CBC |
Black-headed Grosbeak | THREATENED_1 | STABLE | THREATENED | BBS* |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Brewer's Blackbird | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Brewer's Sparrow | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Bullock's Oriole | THREATENED_1 | STABLE | THREATENED | BBS* |
Calliope Hummingbird | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | Not modeled | BBS |
Common Goldeneye | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Common Merganser | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Common Raven | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Dusky Flycatcher | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Evening Grosbeak | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Greater White-fronted Goose | THREATENED_1 | Not modeled | THREATENED | CBC |
Greater Yellowlegs | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Hairy Woodpecker | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Hammond's Flycatcher | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Hermit Thrush | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
House Finch | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Le Conte's Thrasher | THREATENED_1 | STABLE | THREATENED | Both* |
Lesser Scaup | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Marsh Wren | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Mountain Bluebird | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Mountain Quail | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Nashville Warbler | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Pacific Wren / Winter Wren | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | THREATENED_1 | STABLE | THREATENED | BBS* |
Pine Siskin | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Red-breasted Sapsucker | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Sage Thrasher | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Spotted Sandpiper | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Townsend's Warbler | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Vesper Sparrow | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Violet-green Swallow | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
Western Bluebird | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |
Western Tanager | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | BBS |
White-breasted Nuthatch | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
White-throated Swift | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | Both+ |
Willow Flycatcher | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | Not modeled | BBS |
Wood Duck | THREATENED_1 | THREATENED | STABLE | CBC+ |