Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Short-eared Owl in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus in Canada
Table of contents
- COSEWIC Assessment Summary
- COSEWIC Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
Special Concern 2008
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2008. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 24 pp.
Previous reports:
Cadman, M.D, and Page A.M. 1994. COSEWIC status report on the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. i + ii - 53 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC acknowledges David A. Wiggins for writing the update status report on the Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus, prepared under contract with Environment Canada. This report was overseen and edited by Dick Cannings, Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur l’Hibou des marais (Asio flammeus)au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Short-eared Owl -- Photo by Terry L. Sohl.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008.
Catalogue No. CW69-14/7-2008E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-48822-4
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