Minnesota’s Climate Sensitive Birds
Audubon’s new climate report reveals that over half of Minnesota’s birds are threatened by climate change.
The report includes analysis of 298 of the 314 birds commonly found in Minnesota. Of those 298 birds, 73 are
at risk of severe declines by 2050 and another 93 species face the same fate by 2080.
The following table lists these 298 birds and their sensitivity to climate change. Sensitivity categories are:
Climate Endangered – projected loss of >50% of current range by 2050 across all scenarios with no net gain
from range expansion
Climate Threatened – projected loss of >50% of current range by 2080 across all scenarios with possible net
gain from range expansion
Climate Stable – projected loss of <50% of current range across all scenarios
Data Deficient – insufficient data exists to build a model for either summer or winter seasons
COMMON NAME
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
American Avocet
American Bittern
American Black Duck
American Coot
American Crow
American Golden-Plover
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Pipit
American Redstart
American Robin
American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
American Woodcock
Baird’s Sandpiper
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Sensitivity
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Threatened
Data deficient
Endangered
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Bell’s Vireo
Belted Kingfisher
Black Scoter
Black Tern
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-bellied Plover
Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Magpie
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Bohemian Waxwing
Bonaparte’s Gull
Boreal Chickadee
Boreal Owl
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Data deficient
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
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Brewer’s Blackbird
Broad-winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Bufflehead
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Canada Warbler
Canvasback
Cape May Warbler
Carolina Wren
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Cedar Waxwing
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Cinnamon Teal
Clark’s Grebe
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Gallinule
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Common Tern
Common Yellowthroat
Connecticut Warbler
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Dickcissel
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Eared Grebe
Eastern Bluebird
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Data deficient
Endangered
Data deficient
Data deficient
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eurasian Collared-Dove
European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Field Sparrow
Forster’s Tern
Fox Sparrow
Franklin’s Gull
Gadwall
Glaucous Gull
Golden Eagle
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-winged Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Gray Jay
Gray Partridge
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Greater Scaup
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater Yellowlegs
Great-tailed Grackle
Green Heron
Green-winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Harlequin Duck
Harris’s Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hoary Redpoll
Hooded Merganser
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Introduced
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
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Hooded Warbler
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Hudsonian Godwit
Iceland Gull
Indigo Bunting
Kentucky Warbler
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Lark Sparrow
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Little Blue Heron
Little Gull
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Louisiana Waterthrush
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard
Marbled Godwit
Marsh Wren
Merlin
Mountain Bluebird
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Mute Swan
Nashville Warbler
Nelson’s Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Northern Hawk Owl
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Data deficient
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Endangered
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Data deficient
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shrike
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Ovenbird
Pacific Loon
Palm Warbler
Parasitic Jaeger
Pectoral Sandpiper
Peregrine Falcon
Philadelphia Vireo
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
Piping Plover
Prairie Falcon
Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Finch
Purple Martin
Red Crossbill
Red Knot
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Redhead
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-necked Grebe
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Data deficient
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Endangered
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Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ross’s Goose
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruffed Grouse
Rusty Blackbird
Sanderling
Sandhill Crane
Savannah Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Sedge Wren
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-eared Owl
Smith’s Longspur
Snow Bunting
Snow Goose
Snowy Egret
Snowy Owl
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
Spruce Grouse
Stilt Sandpiper
Summer Tanager
Surf Scoter
Swainson’s Hawk
Swainson’s Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Thayer’s Gull
Townsend’s Solitaire
Tree Swallow
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Trumpeter Swan
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan
Turkey Vulture
Upland Sandpiper
Varied Thrush
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
Virginia Rail
Warbling Vireo
Western Grebe
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Whimbrel
Whip-poor-will
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-eyed Vireo
White-faced Ibis
White-rumped Sandpiper
White-throated Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Scoter
Wild Turkey
Willet
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Warbler
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Wood Thrush
Yellow Rail
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Endangered
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Data deficient
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Data deficient
Threatened
Threatened
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
Threatened
Stable
Stable
Stable
Endangered
Stable
Threatened
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