Priority Birds
The Pacific Flyway is home to twenty-four priority bird species. These birds are the focus of considerable conservation efforts by Audubon staff, volunteers and many partner organizations. Learn more about the birds by clicking the links below.
- Ashy Storm-Petrel
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-footed Albatross
- Black-necked Stilt
- Black Oystercatcher
- Brant
- Cassin's Auklet
- Kittlit's Murrelet
- Laysan Albatross
- Least Tern
- Long-billed Curlew
- Marbled Murrelet
- Northern Goshawk
- Sandhill Crane
- Snowy Plover
- Sooty Shearwater
- Spectacled Eider
- Spruce Grouse
- Swainson's Hawk
- Tricolored Blackbird
- Varied Thrush
- Western Sandpiper
- Xantus's Murrelet
- Yellow-billed Loon









