Marshbird Species Conservation Status Assessment

Expert assessment of the conservation status of 43 solitary-nesting waterbirds is now available. 

Final Status and Distribution Marshbirds Table

Monitoring the Secretive Marshbirds

Inconspicuous marshbirds are difficult to detect and inhabit areas that are often not readily accessible. While geographically-focused monitoring programs exist or are under development, range-wide, marshbirds generally have been poorly surveyed by traditional monitoring programs.
Read more on moving ahead on Continental-scale Monitoring of Secretive Marshbirds.

2001 Denver Marshbird Workshop

The Waterbird Conservation for the Americas initative was originally limited to colonial-nesting species, but was expanded (in 2000) to include solitary-nesting species, informally referred to as “marshbirds.” In August 2001, a workshop was held in Denver, Colorado, USA to address marshbirds. The workshop was advertised particularly to those organizations already active in planning and managing harvested or threatened marshbird species, e.g., the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA) Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Committee, States/Provinces, Flyway Councils, Joint Ventures, and recovery plans under the Endangered Species Act.

See the full notes from the marshbird workshop for more information.

Additional Links

Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program A source of cooperative funding for migratory game birds other than waterfowl (e.g., cranes, rails).

Northern Prairie Biological Resources page on the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center site. A good source of literature syntheses on North American wetland birds, including marshbirds.