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Montana's Species of Concern

The following list contains animals in Montana that are currently identified as “Species of Concern”. Click on any of these species to view their Montana Animal Field Guide entry for detailed information.

Common Name	Scientific Name
Alder Flycatcher	Empidonax alnorum
American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Baird’s Sparrow	Ammodramus bairdii
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Owl	Tyto alba
Black Rosy-Finch	Leucosticte atrata
Black Swift	Cypseloides niger
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta varia
Black-backed Woodpecker	Picoides arcticus
Black-crowned Night-heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Boreal Chickadee	Poecile hudsonica
Brewer’s Sparrow	Spizella breweri
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Selasphorus platycercus
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia
Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia
Cassin’s Kingbird	Tyrannus vociferans
Chestnut-collared Longspur	Calcarius ornatus
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse	Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Common Loon	Gavia immer
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Dickcissel	Spiza americana
Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis
Ferruginous Hawk	Buteo regalis
Flammulated Owl	Otus flammeolus
Forster’s Tern	Sterna forsteri
Franklin’s Gull	Larus pipixcan
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	Leucosticte tephrocotis
Great Gray Owl	Strix nebulosa
Greater Sage-Grouse	Centrocercus urophasianus
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus
Interior Least Tern	Sterna antillarum athalassos
Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys
Le Conte’s Sparrow	Ammodramus leconteii
Lewis’s Woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus
Long-billed Curlew	Numenius americanus
McCown’s Longspur	Calcarius mccownii
Mountain Plover	Charadrius montanus
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Ammodramus nelsoni
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Northern Hawk Owl	Surnia ulula
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus
Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Sage Sparrow	Amphispiza belli
Sage Thrasher	Oreoscoptes montanus
Sedge Wren	Cistothorus platensis
Sprague’s Pipit	Anthus spragueii
Swainson’s Hawk	Buteo swainsoni
Trumpeter Swan	Cygnus buccinator
White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi
White-tailed Ptarmigan	Lagopus leucurus
Whooping Crane	Grus americana
Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus (E. pop.)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus (W. pop.)