SYMPOSIUM: Full life cycle conservation of the western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Moderator: Jenna Stanek, Jenny Davis
2 October 2024, American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado
This symposium discusses varying occupancy and habitat use, expanding research techniques, and the integration of biological and social science to identify potential causes of decline throughout the full annual life cycle of a neotropical migrant.
The objective of the symposium is to be a venue for Yellow-billed Cuckoo researchers to share their research and identify collaboration opportunities across the cuckoo’s full annual life cycle range. Presentations include a diversity of topics including modeling habitat occupancy and use, emerging research techniques, restoration, social science integration, and migratory connectivity. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a long-distance migratory bird species that is widely-distributed across North America during its breeding season. It has, however, experienced a steep population decline (>60%) over the last 35 years across its range. The decline of western populations has been particularly severe leading to the listing of the western population as federally threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2014.The Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo was included as one of Road to Recovery’s (R2R) pilot species working groups to apply and test the R2R framework for achieving sustainable bird population recovery by bringing together both biological and social sciences. The Working Group and its members have made great strides with advancing the knowledge base on the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo and are now working to identify the key factors and management actions needed to reverse population declines.
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS BELOW
(USE ARROWS TO ADVANCE)
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U.S. Endangered Species Act status of the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
J Davis, M Conway
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Range-wide occupancy of the western Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) in the U.S.
J Stanek, M Whitfield, E Juarez, R Norvell, N Clipperton, E Duvuvuei, N Beauregard.
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Using the R2R Framework to Guide and Assess Yellow-billed Cuckoo Progress toward Recovery
T Will, P Schmidt, K Holland.
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Using structured decision-making for incorporating coproduction and determining priority information needs and management actions for the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
H Walker, J Stanek, P Wohner, C Stanley, C Wise
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Estimating population specific annual survival from satellite transmitters while accounting for device failure
C Stanley, P Marra, C Rushing
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Planning a Yellow-billed Cuckoo Genoscape
K Ruegg
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Using autonomous recording units to identify and monitor western Yellow-billed Cuckoos in southwestern xeroriparian habitat
N Beauregard, S Sferra, T Theimer, B Pasch
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Patterns of migratory connectivity across the species range of Yellow-billed cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus)
C Stanley, D Tracy, S McNeil, P Marra
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No place to land: can habitat degradation at stopover sites limit Yellow-billed Cuckoo populations?
E Jacobo, N Jaime Escalante
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Restoration success on the lower Colorado River: How‘s it going 15 years later?
J Stanek, S McNeil, D Tracy, C Ronning
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Community collaboration for Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo conservation
C Wise, S Prager
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Breeding by western Yellow-billed Cuckoos in a novel and important habitat in southeastern Arizona
N Beauregard, T Theimer, S Sferra, C Drost
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Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) breeding habitat suitability within the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico.
R Siegle, D Moore
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Using LiDAR to model riparian bird habitat in Southern California
B Orr, I Pryor, P Baker, J Hatten, L Hall
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Breeding Phenology and Use of Russian Olive for Nesting in Western Colorado
A Petry
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Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo movement and breeding habitat use on the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico
K Dillon, D Moore, T Barron
