Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Global Range: (250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)) Restricted to the high mountains of central and perhaps northern Vancouver Island.

Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.

Estimated Number of Occurrences: 21 - 80

Comments: Only 12 breeding records known, but likely breed in suitable alpine habitat in other locations (Campbell et al. 1990b, British Columbia Vertebrate Record File).

1 - 1000 individuals

Comments: Unknown, but likely fairly small.

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

Rounded Global Status Rank: T3 - Vulnerable

Reasons: Small populations locally distributed in a restricted range. May be somewhat more widespread than known.

Global Short Term Trend: Relatively stable (=10% change)

Comments: Data are lacking, but likely stable.

Degree of Threat: C : Not very threatened throughout its range, communities often provide natural resources that when exploited alter the composition and structure over the short-term, or communities are self-protecting because they are unsuitable for other uses

Comments: Habitat not threatened. Previously vulnerable to hunting locally, but this is no longer a problem.

Biological Research Needs: New techniques should be used to re-evaluate taxonomic status.

Global Protection: Few to several (1-12) occurrences appropriately protected and managed