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TABLE C-5 Neotropical Migrant Species that Have Shown a Negative Population Trend During the Time Period 1978-1987
Common Name
Scientific Name
Trend, %/year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
–2.3
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus
–5.9
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
–5.0
Chuck-will’s Widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
–2.0
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
–0.8
Olive-sided Flycatchera
Contopus borealis
–5.7
Eastern Wood-peweea
Contopus virens
–0.7
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
–1.3
Least Flycatchera
Empidonax minimus
–0.2
Great crested Flycatchera
Myiarchus crinitus
–0.3
Veerya
Catharus fuscescens
–2.4
Swainson’s Thrusha
Catharus ustulatus
–0.2
Wood Thrusha
Hylocichla mustelina
–4.0
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
–1.4
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
–1.2
Solitary Vireoa
Vireo solitarius
–0.1
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
–0.9
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
–1.0
Golden-winged Warblera
Vermivora chrysoptera
–1.9
Tennessee Warbler
Vermivora peregrina
–11.6
Northern Parula
Parula americana
–2.1
Chestnut-sided Warblera
Dendroica pensylvanica
–3.8
Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina
–2.3
Black-throated Green Warblera
Dendroica virens
–3.1
Blackburnian Warblera
Dendroica fusca
–1.1
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
–0.4
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
–0.4
Bay-breasted Warbler
Dendroica castanea
–15.8
Blackpoll Warbler
Dendroica striata
–6.3
Cerulean Warblera
Dendroica cerulea
–0.9
American Redstarta
Setophaga ruticilla
–1.2
Worm-eating Warblera
Helmitheros vermivorus
–2.0
Ovenbirda
Seiurus aurocapillus
–1.0
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
–0.4
Kentucky Warblera
Oporornis formosus
–1.6
Mourning Warblera
Oporornis philadelphia
–1.6
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
–1.9
Wilson’s Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
–6.5
Canada Warblera
Wilsonia canadensis
–2.7
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
–0.8
Scarlet Tanagera
Piranga olivacea
–1.2
Rose-breasted Grosbeaka
Pheucticus ludovicianus
–1.4
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
–0.7
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
–2.9
a Denotes species that breed in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands. All others are known from migration records only.
SOURCES: Data from Robbins et al. (1989); breeding status follows Hall (1983) and Buckelew and Hall (1994).