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BRACKISH WETLAND: Priority Species

Population estimates and targets (numbers represent individuals unless otherwise indicated) for priority species of pine savannah habitat in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain. Estimates were extrapolated from BBS relative abundances unless otherwise indicated; they should be considered an index of relative population sizes and only a VERY APPROXIMATE estimate of true population sizes.

 
Conservation Score
Population Estimate
% Loss Since 1966
Population Target
American Black Duck 24 5,318? 14%
6,200
King Rail 23 ?    
American Bittern 21 ?    
Least Bittern 20 2,878 inc. 3,000
Pied-billed Grebe 14 ?    
Common Moorhen 14 ?    
 
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