Species accounts for grassland birds

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Northern harrier Circus cyaneus

White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus

Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis

Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Greater prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

Mountain plover Charadrius montanus

Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda

Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus

Common barn-owl Tyto alba

Short-eared owl Asio flammeus

Horned lark Eremophila alpestris

Sedge wren Cistothorus platensis

Sprague's pipit Anthus spragueii

Dickcissel Spiza americana

Botteri's sparrow Aimophila botterii

Cassin's sparrow Aimophila cassinii

Vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

Lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys

Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

Baird's sparrow Ammodramus bairdii

Grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

Henslow's sparrow Ammodramus henslowii

Le conte's sparrow Ammodramus leconteii

McCown's longspur Calcarius mccownii

Chestnut-col. longspur Calcarius ornatus

Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna

Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta