Birds and Mammals

The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) conducts research on a wide variety of migratory birds and implements conservation measures to protect them as well as other wildlife.

For more information, you can visit the sites listed below:

Main Websites

• Bird Banding
• Breeding Bird Survey in Canada (BBS)
• Canadian Bird Trends
• Canadian Landbird Monitoring Strategy
• Canadian Migratory Bird Conservation
• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada - (COSEWIC)
• Hinterland Who's who
• Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
• National Wildlife Research Centre (NWRC)
• Species at Risk
• Surveys
• Wild Species 2000

Particular Programs or Publications

• A passion for wildlife: A history of the Canadian Wildlife Service, 1947-1997 and selected publications from work by the Canadian Wildlife Service
• Assessment of bird populations in the Rasmussen Lowlands, Nunavut
• Bird Trends - Landbirds
• Bird Trends - Raptors
• Bird Trends - Seabirds
• Bird Trends - Shorebirds
• Breeding Bird Survey Newsletter / Winter 2001
• Breeding Bird Survey Newsletter / Winter 2002
• Breeding Bird Survey Newsletter / Winter 2003
• Breeding Bird Survey Newsletter / Winter 2004
• Breeding Bird Survey Newsletters
• Canadian Breeding Bird (Mapping) Census Database
• Canadian Breeding Bird Survey, 1967-1998
• Canadian Breeding Bird Survey, 1967-2000
• Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plan
• Changes in reported waterfowl hunting activity and kill in Canada and the United States, 1985-1998
• Chemical residues in waterfowl and gamebirds harvested in Canada, 1987-95
• CITES Identification Guide - Birds
• Conserving Borderline Species: A Partnership between the United States and Canada
• CWS contributions to scientific journals
• CWS Migratory Birds Regulatory Report Series
• Environmental assessment guideline for forest habitat of migratory birds
• Incidence of lead shot in Canada Geese taken during the spring subsistence hunt on the eastern shore of James Bay
• Loggerhead Shrike population trends in western Canada
• Migratory Bird Populations Division
• Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations
• Migratory birds environmental Assessment Regulations
• Migratory Birds Hunting Regulations, 2005-2006
• Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations in Canada - July 2004
• Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations in Canada - July 2005
• Migratory game birds harvested in Canada during the 1991, 1992, and 1993 hunting seasons
• North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI)
• North American Waterfowl Management Plan - (NAWMP)
• Partners in Flight Canada
• Population Status of Migratory Game Birds in Canada (and Regulation Proposals for Overabundant Species) - November 2004
• Population Status of Migratory Game Birds in Canada (and Regulation Proposals for Overabundant Species) - November 2005
• Proposals to Amend the Canadian Migratory Birds Regulations - December 2003
• Proposals to Amend the Canadian Migratory Birds Regulations - December 2004
• Proposals to Amend the Canadian Migratory Birds Regulations - December 2005
• Seabirds of the Russian Far East
• Standardizing and interpreting nesting records for Great Blue Herons in British Columbia
• The 1995 Peregrine Falcon survey in Canada
• Wildlife conservation genetics
• Wildlife Toxicology Division
• Wings Over Water - Canada's Waterbird Conservation Plan

Regional websites

• Atlas of Breeding Birds of Quebec (Quebec Region)
• Bird Trends (Atlantic Region)
• Birds found in British Columbia (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Birds List (Quebec Region)
• Black Duck Joint Venture (Quebec Region)
• Butler on Birds (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Common Loons (Atlantic Region)
• Do you like Ducks? (Quebec Region)
• Endangered Species (Atlantic Region)
• Environmental Indicators (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Greater Snow Goose (Quebec Region)
• Laws and Hunting (Quebec Region)
• Migratory Bird Conservation (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations (Summaries) (Quebec Region)
• Migratory Birds (Atlantic Region)
• Monitoring Waterfowl Population (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) (Quebec Region)
• North American Waterfowl Management Plan - (NAWMP) (Quebec Region)
• Northern Shorebird Conservation Strategy (Prairie and Northern Region)
• Oil Spill Response Plan (Atlantic Region)
• Oil Spills (Quebec Region)
• Porcupine Caribou Herd (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Species at Risk in Ontario (Ontario Region)
• The Piping Plover in Eastern Canada (Atlantic Region)
• Threatened Birds (Quebec Region)
• Wildspace (Ontario Region)