Below is a list of species that are included as "target species" in the Saskatchewan Species at Risk Farm Program. There are links to the Environment and Climate Change Canada website for more detailed information on each of these species. To help in identifying whether you have a particular bird species on your farm or ranch we have provided links to each of the bird calls. Check it out!
1. Chestnut Collared Longspur - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/1064-736
Please click on the link below to hear what a Chestnut Collared Longspur sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chestnut-collared_Longspur/
2. McCown's Longspur - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/897-623
Please click on the link below to hear what a McCown's Longspur sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/McCowns_Longspur/
3. Sprague's Pipit - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/573-229
Please click on the link below to hear what a Sprague's Pipit sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spragues_Pipit
4. Baird's Sparrow - COSEWIC Status: Special Concern
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=38
Please click on the link below to hear what a Loggerhead Shrike sounds like.
5. Barn Swallow - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/1147-790
Please click on the link below to hear what a Barn Swallow sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow
6. Loggerhead Shrike - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/38-36
Please click on the link below to hear what a Loggerhead Shrike sounds like.
7. Burrowing Owl - COSEWIC Status: Endangered
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/20-21
Please click on the link below to hear what a Burrowing Owl sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Burrowing_Owl
8. Common Nighthawk - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/986-668
Please click on the link below to hear what a Common Nighthawk sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Nighthawk/
9. Short-eared Owl - COSEWIC Status: Special Concern
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/60-395
Please click on the link below to hear what a Short-Eared Owl sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Short-eared_Owl/
10. Ferruginous Hawk - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/47-397
Please click on the link below to hear what a Ferruginous Hawk sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ferruginous_Hawk
11. Greater Sage Grouse - COSEWIC Status: Endangered
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/305-215
Please click on the link below to hear what a Greater Sage-Grouse sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Sage-Grouse
12. Piping Plover - COSEWIC Status: Endangered
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/686-274
Please click on the link below to hear what a Piping Plover sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Piping_Plover/
13. Long-billed Curlew - COSEWIC Status: Special Concern
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/52-283
Please click on the link below to hear what a Long-Billed Curlew sounds like.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-billed_Curlew/
14. Little Brown Bat - COSEWIC Status: Endangered
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/1173-848
15. Swift Fox - COSEWIC Status: Threatened
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/140-124
16. Northern Leopard Frog - COSEWIC Status: Special Concern
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/552-279
17. Monarch - COSEWIC Status: Endangered
Please click on the link below for more detailed species information.
https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/294-90