McCown's longspur (Calcarius mccownii) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10
Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
McCown's Longspur is protected from hunting or collecting under the Migratory Birds Convention Act of 1994. The Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre has recently upgraded the ranking of McCown's Longspur to S3 (may be rare and local throughout its range, or in a restricted range, may be abundant in some locations, D. Vujnovic, pers. comm.) The Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre ranks it as S4 (common, generally widespread and abundant but may be rare in parts of its range; apparently secure but may be of long-term concern). It is ranked by NatureServe (2006) as S4 in Alberta and Saskatchewan, S3 in Nebraska, S2 in North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana and SU in South Dakota. The Partners in Flight Research Working Group lists McCown's Longspur as a priority species (Donovan et al. 2002). General status ranks for Canada suggest that the species is secure in Alberta and Saskatchewan (Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council 2001).
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