Marine Bird Species Priority List – July 2014
Developed by the Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative for State Wildlife Action Planning Process
High Conservation Concern
- Least Tern
- Roseate Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Black Skimmer
- Northern Gannet
- Red-throated Loon
- Common Loon
- Atlantic Puffin
- Razorbill
- Common Murre
- Common Eider
- White-winged Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Harlequin
- Audubon’s Shearwater
- Black-capped Petrel
- Bermuda Petrel
- Red-necked Phalarope
Medium Conservation Concern
- Arctic Tern
- Black Tern
- Royal Tern
- Sandwich (cabots) Tern
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Brown Pelican – Mid-Atlantic SE
- Great Cormorant
- Black scoter
- Surf scoter
- Atlantic Brant
- Greater Scaup
- Great Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Leach’s Storm-petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-petrel
- Red Phalarope
Low Conservation Concern
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Bridled Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Little Gull
- Laughing Gull – Mid-Atlantic
- Masked Booby
- Brown Booby
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Lesser Scaup