Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus): COSEWIC assessment and status report

Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report for the Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) in Canada

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Table of contents

• COSEWIC Assessment Summary
• COSEWIC Executive Summary
• Species Information
• Distribution
• Habitat
• Biology
• Population Sizes and Trends
• Limiting Factors and Threats
• Special Significance of the Species
• Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
• Technical Summary
• Acknowledgements
• Authorities Contacted
• Information Sources
• Biographical Summary of Report Writer

COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:

COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 28 pp.

Production note:

COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Carl Savignac for writing the status report on the Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Marty Leonard, Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee.

Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le Quiscale rouilleux (Euphagus carolinus) au Canada.

Cover illustration:

Rusty Blackbird -- Photograph provided by Seabrooke Leckie.

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006

Catalogue No. CW69-14/495-2006E-PDF

ISBN 0-662-43299-1