Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12

Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted

The authors would like to thank Environment Canada for funding the preparation of this report. Numerous persons helped the authors with records and information on the flycatcher species, among them, Phillip Penner and Vid Bijelic (Federation of Alberta Naturalists), Gordon Court (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development), Erin Bayne, Fiona Schmiegelow, Kathy St Laurent and Simon Slater (University of Alberta), André Desrochers (Université Laval), Jacques Larivée (ÉPOQ), Norman David (Association québécoise des groupes d’ornithologues), Pam Sinclair (Canadian Wildlife Service), Audrey Heagy, Jon McCracken and Denis Lepage (Bird Studies Canada), Stéphanie Roux and Daniel Banville (Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune), Mark Bradley and Peter Achuff (Parks Canada Agency), Ken De Smet, Peter Taylor, Jim Duncan and Wayne Nordstrom (Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre), Bruno Drolet (Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac), Jeanette Pepper (Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre), Thomas Jung (Yukon Department of Environment), Sherman Boates and Mark Elderkin (Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources), Suzanne Carrière (Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories), Rex Sallabanks and Bob Altman (American Bird Conservancy), Dave DeSante (The Institute for Bird Populations), Sean Blaney (Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre), Craig Machtans (Canadian Wildlife Service), Rosemary Curley (PEI), Alan Dextrase (Ontario MNR), Joe Brazil (Newfoundland Department of Environment and Conservation), Connie Downes and Brian Collins (Canadian Wildlife Service), Jim Schieck (Alberta Research Council), Gloria Goulet (COSEWIC Secretariat), Christine Leghorn (YF Wildlife Management Board), Katrina Stipec (BC Conservation Data Centre). The authors are particularly grateful to Erin Bayne and Jim Schieck for providing unpublished reports, Fiona Schmiegelow, Kathy St Laurent, André Desrochers, Craig Machtans and Jacques Larrivée for providing observation data, Mark Elderkin and Bob Altman for discussions about the natural history and population status of this species, and Van Remsen for posting a request for information to the NEOORN (Neotropical Ornithology email bulletin board) mailing list. The authors thank Sebastian Herzog, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez, Richard Webster, Roger Ahlman, Nacho Areta, Juan Klavins, John Rappole, Russ Greenberg, Peter Browne and Robert Frey for providing records of Olive-sided Flycatchers in South America and the Caribbean.

Authorities consulted

Achuff, P., Species Assessment Biologist, Ecological Integrity Branch, Parks Canada, Waterton Park, Alberta.

Altman, B. Northern Pacific Rainforest BCR Coordinator, American Bird Conservancy, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Banville, D., biologiste, Coordonnateur provincial espèces fauniques menacées et vulnérables, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Secteur Faune Québec, Québec, Québec.

Bayne, E., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

Bijelic, V., Web Architect/Developer, GIS Coordinator, Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Alberta.

Blaney, S., Botanist & Assistant Director, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, Sackville, NB.

Boates, S., Manager, Biodiversity, Wildlife Division, Department of Natural Resources, Kentville, Nova Scotia.

Brazil, J., Senior Manager, Endangered Species and Biodiversity, Wildlife Division, Dept. Environment and Conservation, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Cadman, M., Coordinator, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

Carrière, S., Ecosystem Management Biologist, Wildlife Division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NorthWest Territories.

Cleghorn, C., Executive Director, Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Collins, B., Senior Biostatistician, National Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

Court, G., Provincial Wildlife Status Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Division, Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, Alberta.

Curley, R., Program Manager, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation and Management Division, PEI Department Environment and Energy, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

David, N., Directeur général, Association québécoise des groupes d’ornithologues, Montréal, Québec.

Desante, D., Executive Director, The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, California, USA.

Desrochers, A. Directeur, Centre de recherche en biologie forestière, Faculté de foresterie & géomatique, Université Laval, Québec.

Dextrase, A., Senior SAR Biologist, Species At Risk Section, Ontario Parks, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario.

Downes, C., Landbird Surveys Biologist, National Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

Drolet,B., directeur (bénévole), Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac, Corporation Explos-Nature, Les Bergeronnes, Québec.

Duncan, J., Manager, Biodiversity Conservation Section, Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch, Manitoba Conservation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Fraser, D., Endangered Species Specialist, Biodiversity Branch, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Section, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Victoria, British Columbia.

Goulet, G., Coordinator, Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge, COSEWIC Secretariat, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Heagy, A., Bird Conservation Planning Biologist, Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario.

Holmes, S., Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

Jung, T., Senior Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Branch, Department of Environment, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Keith, J., Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Larivée, J., coordonnateur d'ÉPOQ, Rimouski, Québec.

Lepage, D. Senior Scientist, Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario.

Machtans, C., Forest Bird Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Yellowknife.

Mackenzie, J., Co-ordinator, Natural Heritage Information Centre, Biodiversity Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario.

McCracken, J., Ontario Program Manager, Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario.

Nordstrom, W., Zoologist, Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre, Parks and Protected Areas Division, Edmonton, Alberta.

Penner, P., Alberta Bird Atlas, Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Alberta.

Pepper, J., Zoologist, Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre, Resource Stewardship Branch, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Roux, S., Biologiste, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Direction du développement de la faune, Québec City, Québec.

Sallabanks, R., Nongame Bird Program Coordinator, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Idaho Department of Fish and Game,Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.

Schieck, J., Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Alberta Research Council, Vegreville, Alberta.

Schmiegelow, F., Associate Professor, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

Sinclair, P., Wildlife Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Stipec, K., BC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia.

Toner, M., Biologist, Species at Risk Program, Department of Natural Resources, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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