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Table 1.8—The national trends of raptors that occur in the South. (Source: Fuller and others 1995)

Scientific name	Common name	Status/Trend/Comments
Accipiter cooperii	Cooper’s hawk	Stable
Accipiter gentilis	Northern goshawk	Unknown / C2a
Accipiter striatus	Sharp-shinned hawk	Stable / Regional differences
Aquila chrysaetos	Golden eagle	Stable
Asio acadicus	Northern saw-whet owl	Stable
Asio flammeus	Short-eared owl	Stable / Local concern
Asio otus	Long-eared owl	Stable / Local concern
Athene cunicularia	Burrowing owl	Declining / Local concern
Bubo virginianus	Great horned owl	Stable
Buteo brachyurus	Short-tailed hawk	Stable / Northern range limit, about <500 birds in U.S.
Buteo lagopus	Rough-legged hawk	Stable
Buteo lineatus	Red-shouldered hawk	Stable / Local concern
Buteo jamaicensis	Red-tailed hawk	Stable / Local increases; Breeding Bird Survey data
Buteo platypterus	Broad-winged hawk	Stable / Migration count decline in 1980’s
Buteo regalis	Ferruginous hawk	Unknown / C2
Buteo swainsoni	Swainson’s hawk	Unknown / C3b; local concern
Caracara plancus	Crested caracara	Unknown / Northern range limit
Cathartes aura	Turkey vulture	Stable
Circus cyaneus	Northern harrier	Stable / Nomadic, no standard survey; local concern
Coragyps atratus	Black vulture	Stable / Population estimation difficult
Elanoides forficatus	American swallow-tailed kite	Stable / Historical range
Falco columbarius	Merlin	Stable
Falco peregrinus anatum	American peregrine falcon	Endangered; increasing
Falco sparverius	American kestrel	Stable / Breeding Bird Survey Data
Falco sparverius paulus	American kestrel, Florida	Declining / C2
Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bald eagle	Threatened or endangered in contiguous U.S.; increasing / Status reassessment underway
Ictinia mississippiensis	Mississippi kite	Increasing / Range expansion
Nyctea scandiaca	Snowy owl	Stable
Otus asio	Eastern screech-owl	Stable
Pandion haliaetus	Osprey	Increasing / Good information
Rostrhamus sociabilis	Snail kite	Endangered, stable / Northern range limit
Strix varia	Barred owl	Stable / Western range expansion
Tyto alba	Common barn owl	Stable / Local concern

^a Proposal to list; available data are not conclusive for threatened or endangered status.

^b Proven more widespread than previously believed or not subject to identifiable threat.

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