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Table 5.1--Bird species in the South that are listed as threatened (T) or endangered (E). Source: U. S. Department of the Interior (2000)

Group	Scientific name	Common name	Areas of occurrence
Wading birds	Grus americana	Whooping crane (E)	FL, OK, TX
	Grus canadensis pulla	Mississippi sandhill crane (E)	MS
Raptors	Falco femoralis septentrionalis	Northern aplomado falcon (E)	TX
	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bald eagle (T)	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
	Polyborus plancus audubonii	Audubon’s crested caracara (T)	FL
	Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus	Everglade snail kite (E)	FL
Shorebirds	Charadrius melodus	Piping plover (T)	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
	Mycteria Americana	Wood stork (E)	AL, FL, GA, SC
	Numenus borealis	Eskimo curlew (E)	OK, TX
Perching birds	Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis	Cape sable seaside sparrow (E)	FL
	Ammodramus savannarum floridanus	Florida grasshopper sparrow (E)	FL
	Aphelocoma coerulescens	Florida scrub-jay (E)	FL
	Dendroica chrysoparia	Golden-cheeked warbler (E)	TX
	Empidonax traillii extimus	Southern willow flycatcher (E)	TX
	Vireo atricapillus	Black-capped vireo (E)	LA, MS, OK, TX
Other birds	Pelecanus occidentalis	Brown pelican (E)	LA, MS, TX
	Picoides borealis	Red-cockaded woodpecker (E)	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
	Sterna antillarum	Least tern (E)	AR, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX
	Sterna dougallii dougallii	Roseate tern (T, E*)	FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, VA
	Strix occidentalis	Spotted owl (T)	TX
	Tympanuchus cupido attwateri	Attwater’s greater prairie chicken (E)	TX

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