The priorities identified in the following table display Missouri’s
commitment to encourage natural community restoration and management. The state
WHIP priorities complement the Riparian Buffer initiative in Missouri as well as
the strong Native Grass Restoration emphasis under CRP in Missouri.
| Priority Habitat |
|
Associated Species |
|
Big Rivers |
Riparian
Wetland/River
Interconnection |
willow flycatcher
yellow warbler
Acadian flycatcher |
|
Seasonal
Wetlands |
Virginia rail
king rail
common snipe
killdeer
greater/lesser yellowlegs |
|
Loess Hill
Prairie |
Henslow’s sparrow
northern harrier
loggerhead shrike
bobolink |
| Ozark
Borders |
Edge/Early successional |
yellow-breasted chat
blue grosbeak
blue-winged warbler
bobwhite quail
cottontail rabbit |
|
Glade/Savanna |
Collared lizard
prairie warbler
milk snake |
|
Riparian |
Cerulean warbler
Acadian flycatcher
yellow-throated warbler
red-shouldered hawk |
| Prairie/Grassland |
prairie warbler
Bachman’s sparrow |
| Woodland |
pileated woodpecker
black and white warbler
fox and gray squirrel
wood thrush
ovenbird
scarlet tanager |
| Osage Plains |
Prairie/Grassland |
Henslow’s
sparrow
prairie
chicken
northern
harrier
barn owl
regal
fritillary
loggerhead
shrike
great
plains skink
scissor-tailed flycatcher |
|
Savanna |
spotted
skunk
summer and
scarlet tanagers
red-bellied
woodpeckers
great
crested flycatcher |
|
Edge/Early Successional |
bobwhite
quail
cottontail
rabbit |
|
Riparian |
blacknose
shiner
belted
kingfisher
Niangua
darter |
| Ozark |
Riparian |
Cerulean
warbler
Swainson’s
warbler
gray bat
Ozark
cavefish |
|
Edge/Early Successional |
yellow-breasted chat
blue
grosbeak
blue-winged
warbler
bobwhite
quail
cottontail
rabbit |
|
Savanna/Glade |
Collared
lizard
Bachman’s
sparrow
prairie
warbler
summer and
scarlet tanagers
pygmy
rattlesnake
ground
snake |
|
Prairie/Grassland |
prairie
warbler
Bachman’s
sparrow |
|
Woodland |
pileated
woodpecker
black and
white warbler
fox and
gray squirrel
wood thrush
ovenbird
scarlet
tanager |
| Mississippi Lowlands |
Edge/Early Successional |
bobwhite quail
cottontail rabbit
yellow-breasted chat |
| Seasonal Wetlands |
Virginia rail
king rail
common snipe
killdeer
greater/lesser yellowlegs |
| Crowley's Ridge |
Edge/Early Successional |
yellow-breasted chat
blue
grosbeak
blue-winged
warbler
bobwhite
quail
cottontail
rabbit |
| Prairie/Grassland |
prairie
warbler
Bachman’s
sparrow |
| Upland Woods |
black &
white warbler
pileated
woodpecker
fox and
gray squirrel |
| Glaciated Plains |
Prairie/Grassland/Savanna |
prairie
chicken
Henslow’s
sparrow
northern
harrier
loggerhead
shrike
bobolink
upland
sandpiper
short-eared
owl
spotted
skunk
summer and
scarlet tanagers
red-bellied
woodpeckers
great
crested flycatcher |
| Edge/Early Successional |
Bell’s
vireo
yellow-breasted chat
lark
sparrow
vesper
sparrow
horned lark
bobwhite
quail
cottontail
rabbit |
| Riparian |
Topeka
shiner
Indiana bat
Cerulean
warbler
red-shouldered hawk
black-billed cuckoos |
Missouri’s WHIP program offers financial assistance for conservation
practices that will establish priority wildlife habitat in conjunction with
national priorities.
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