Priority Continental Species

The following 20 WatchList 2007 “red” list species are among the most imperiled bird species that regularly breed in the continental U.S. They need our help simply to survive amid a convergence of environmental challenges, including habitat loss, invasive species and global warming.

Instructions:
Click on the thumbnail images to download high resolution versions. Click on the species name to link to that profile. Or, click on the "Listen" links to listen to any available bird calls. To then download the audio, right click on the "Listen" link, select "save target as", then select where to download/save.

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	Bird	Photographer	Audio
	Gunnison Sage-Grouse	No high resolution available	Listen
	Lesser Prairie-Chicken	Wildlife Habitat Council	Listen
	California Condor	Scott Frier, FWS	No Audio Available
	Whooping Crane	Ryan Hagerty, FWS	Listen
	Piping Plover	Gene Nieminen	Listen
	Black-capped Vireo	Texas Parks & Wildlife	Listen
	Florida Scrub-Jay	USFWS	Listen
	Golden-cheeked Warbler	Steve Maslowski, FWS	Listen
	Kirtland's Warbler	Lou George, FWS	No Audio Available
	Ashy Storm-Petrel	Glen Tepke	No Audio Available
	Kittlitz's Murrelet	Glen Tepke	No Audio Available
	Red-cockaded Woodpecker	Karen and John Hollingsworth, FWS	Listen
	Spectacled Eider	Laura Whitehouse, FWS	No Audio Available
	Reddish Egret	James Leupold, FWS	No Audio Available
	Black Rail	Ashok Khosla	Listen
	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Glen Tepke	No Audio Available
	Tricolored Blackbird	Dave Menke, FWS	Listen
	Yellow Rail	No high resolution available	Listen
	Xantus's Murrelet	Glen Tepke	No Audio Available