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Table 1.

POPULATION TRENDS IN CANADA AND THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, AND CANADIAN CONSERVATION PRIORITY FOR 29 SPECIES OF SHOREBIRDS REGULARLY OCCURRING IN ONTARIO.

Species	Ontario Trend² 1976-1997	Quebec Trend² 1976-1998	Maritime Provinces Trend² 1974-1998	East Coast U.S.A Trend² 1974-1982	Canadian Conservation Trend Priority³
Black-bellied Plover	i	d	i	D	3
American Golden-Plover		d	d		4
Semipalmated Plover	d	D	d	d	2
Piping Plover*					5
Killdeer	d	D		d	3
Greater Yellowlegs	d	i		i	3
Lesser Yellowlegs	d	d		i	2
Solitary Sandpiper	d	d			3
Spotted Sandpiper	d	D	d		3
Upland Sandpiper		d			2
Whimbrel		i	i	D	4
Hudsonian Godwit		d	d		4
Marbled Godwit					4
Ruddy Turnstone		D	D	d	4
Red Knot		D	D	d	4
Sanderling	d	D	D	D	4
Semipalmated Sandpiper	D	D	D	d	3
Least Sandpiper	d	d	D	i	3
White-rumped Sandpiper		i	d		2
Baird’s Sandpiper					2
Pectoral Sandpiper	d	i	i		2
Dunlin	i	d	(D)		3
Stilt Sandpiper					3
Buff-breasted Sandpiper					4
Short-billed Dowitcher	d	d	D	D	3
Common Snipe	(D)	D			3
American Woodcock					4
Wilson’s Phalarope		d			4
Red-necked Phalarope		D			3
¹ Order and nomenclature follow AOU 1998. ²Adapted from Morrison et al. (2001a). D = decline p< 0.01; D = decline p<0.05; (D) = decline 0.05>p>0.10; d = decline ns; i = increase ns. ³ From Donaldson et al. (2001). 5 = species highly imperiled, 4 = species of high concern, 3 = species of moderate concern, 2 = species of low concern, 1 = species not at risk. * Included as a species that formerly nested commonly, and is currently endangered.

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