PINE SAVANNAH: Priority Species

Population estimates and targets (numbers represent individuals unless otherwise indicated) for priority species within forested wetlands 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	% Lost Since 1966	Population Target
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	28	14*	?	?
Prairie Warbler	25	76,000	>50%	152,000
Bachman's Sparrow	25	<200**	?	200
Brown-headed Nuthatch	23	800	>50%	1,600
Eastern Wood-Pewee	22	130,700	45%	250,000
Red-headed Woodpecker	21	4,800	inc.	5,000
American Kestrel	19	6,500	inc.	6,500
Chuck-will's-widow	20

*1998 direct population count (Bradshaw, pers. com).
**Estimate from Virginia population (Fleming and Alstine 1994a, 1994b, Watts et al. 1998)