Making Connections for Bird Conservation: Linking States, Provinces & Territories to Important Wintering and Breeding Grounds

摘要

In this document we use maps to summarize migratory connections between individual U.S. states, Canadian provinces & territories and the regions that support the same birds at the other end of migration. The maps give a general picture of where birds go, providing a starting point for targeting action. With this information in hand, decision-makers can explore partnerships and mechanisms that would help further conservation action outside their borders. Maps in the PIF North American Landbird Conservation Plan (Rich et al. 2004) showed composite wintering distribution of landbirds breeding in seven avifaunal biomes across Canada and the United States. Maps presented in this document go farther, showing composite migratory links specific to each state, province and territory. These maps are restricted to species of high conservation importance that migrate entirely out of the state, province or territory, to highlight migratory connections for species most in need of attention.