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Canadian Landbird Monitoring Strategy
UNDER REVISION
The results of landbird monitoring programs assist wildlife managers by providing information on population status and trends that identify species or populations needing attention, help define appropriate conservation actions, and track the success of management activities. Changes in distribution, status, productivity, and survivorship serve as an "early-warning system" for environmental problems and as an indication of general trends in biological diversity. Habitat-specific surveys provide more detailed information about habitat associations of birds and how population changes in particular habitats contribute to overall trends. Although monitoring data can provide clues, targeted research will usually be required to explain the causes of population change. Monitoring results serve an important function in defining research priorities.
The Canadian Landbird Monitoring Strategy (CLMS) provides a strategic framework and an action plan for the long-term monitoring of Canada's landbirds and selected waterbirds.The goals and recommendations of the CLMS are intended to improve the coverage, quality, and analysis of monitoring data and to ensure that results are disseminated broadly and will help lead to appropriate research and conservation activity.
The CLMS is focused mainly on landbirds but also addresses monitoring needs for those waterbirds that are not well covered by waterfowl, shorebird, or seabird surveys and that are amenable to being covered by volunteer-based survey techniques. Taxa considered in this report include: loons; grebes; raptors; grouse, ptarmigan, and quail; herons, egrets, and bitterns; cranes; rails, and coots; pigeons and doves; cuckoos; nighthawks; swifts; hummingbirds; kingfishers; woodpeckers; and passerines.
Goals
Goal 1
Monitor the status including distribution, abundance, demography, and habitat, at a variety of geographic scales of all Canadian landbirds.
Goal 2
Ensure that results of monitoring are available and used for research and conservation.