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- Federal Endangered Species Program (USFWS)
- State Species of Concern (WDFW)
- Audubon Washington State of the Birds
Species of Special Concern
Many birds in Washington are showing signs of decline due to habitat loss and other environmental threats. Some of these species are still relatively common and widespread while others have all but disappeared from the state. After careful scientific monitoring, various government agencies and non-governmental organizations formally designate those species deemed most at risk, placing them on special lists in order to provide protection and call attention to their status. Designations from three of the most important lists are compiled in the table below: the federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), the state Species of Concern list (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife), and the Audubon Washington Vulnerable Birds list. Click on the links at the left for further details about each list, or on a species' name on the table to go to its BirdWeb account.
| Federal Endangered Species List | State Endangered Species List | Audubon Washington Vulnerable Birds List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brant | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Cackling Goose (Aleutian subspecies) | -- | Threatened | Early Warning |
| Trumpeter Swan | -- | -- | High Concern |
| Canvasback | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Redhead | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Harlequin Duck | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Hooded Merganser | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Greater Sage-Grouse | Candidate | Threatened | Immediate Concern |
| Dusky Grouse | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | -- | Threatened | Immediate Concern |
| Mountain Quail | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Common Loon | -- | Sensitive | Early Warning |
| Horned Grebe | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Red-necked Grebe | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Western Grebe | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Clark's Grebe | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Black-footed Albatross | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Endangered | Candidate | -- |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| American White Pelican | -- | Endangered | Early Warning |
| Brown Pelican | Endangered | Endangered | Early Warning |
| Brandt's Cormorant | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Pelagic Cormorant | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| American Bittern | -- | -- | Immediate Concern |
| Great Blue Heron | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Great Egret | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Green Heron | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Turkey Vulture | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Osprey | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Bald Eagle | Threatened | Threatened | Early Warning |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Northern Goshawk | -- | Candidate | Immediate Concern |
| Swainson's Hawk | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Ferruginous Hawk | -- | Threatened | Immediate Concern |
| Golden Eagle | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Merlin | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Gyrfalcon | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Peregrine Falcon | Delisted- Monitored | Sensitive | Early Warning |
| Prairie Falcon | -- | Monitored | High Concern |
| Sandhill Crane | -- | Endangered | Early Warning |
| Snowy Plover (Western subspecies) | Threatened | Endangered | Immediate Concern |
| Black Oystercatcher | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Black-necked Stilt | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Upland Sandpiper | -- | Endangered | -- |
| Whimbrel | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Long-billed Curlew | -- | Monitored | Immediate Concern |
| Marbled Godwit | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Ruddy Turnstone | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Black Turnstone | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Surfbird | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Red Knot | -- | -- | Immediate Concern |
| Sanderling | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Rock Sandpiper | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Wilson's Phalarope | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Heermann's Gull | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Western Gull | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Caspian Tern | -- | Monitored | High Concern |
| Black Tern | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Arctic Tern | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Forster's Tern | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Common Murre | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Marbled Murrelet | Threatened | Threatened | Immediate Concern |
| Cassin's Auklet | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Tufted Puffin | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | -- | -- | High Concern |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Candidate | Candidate | -- |
| Flammulated Owl | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Snowy Owl | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Burrowing Owl | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Spotted Owl (Northern subspecies) | Threatened | Endangered | Immediate Concern |
| Great Gray Owl | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | High Concern |
| Boreal Owl | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Black Swift | -- | Monitored | Immediate Concern |
| Vaux's Swift | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| White-throated Swift | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Calliope Hummingbird | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Lewis's Woodpecker | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Acorn Woodpecker | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| White-headed Woodpecker | -- | Candidate | Immediate Concern |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Pileated Woodpecker | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | -- | -- | Immediate Concern |
| Willow Flycatcher | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Gray Flycatcher | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Dusky Flycatcher | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Loggerhead Shrike | -- | Candidate | Immediate Concern |
| Cassin's Vireo | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Horned Lark (Streaked subspecies) | Candidate | Candidate | Immediate Concern |
| Purple Martin | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Boreal Chickadee | -- | Monitored | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch (Slender-billed subspecies) | -- | Candidate | Early Warning |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Western Bluebird | -- | Monitored | Early Warning |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Sage Thrasher | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Yellow Warbler | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Hermit Warbler | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Northern Waterthrush | -- | Monitored | -- |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Green-tailed Towhee | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Chipping Sparrow | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Brewer's Sparrow | -- | -- | High Concern |
| Vesper Sparrow (Oregon subspecies) | -- | Candidate | Immediate Concern |
| Sage Sparrow | -- | Candidate | High Concern |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Lazuli Bunting | -- | -- | Early Warning |
| Bobolink | -- | Monitored | -- |
| Lesser Goldfinch | -- | Monitored | -- |
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