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Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern:
Focus on Eighteen Waterbird Species



Important Bird Areas for the Conservation of Focal Waterbird Species:

11. Red Knot

State

Important Bird Area

Priority (Criteria Met)*

Seasonal Importance (B,NB,P,R,U)*

AK

Central Yukon-Kuskokwim

Global

P

CT

Sandy Point

State

P

DE

Delaware Coastal Zone

State

P

FL

Big Marco Pass Shoal

State

NB

FL

Dog Island-Lanark Reef

State

P

FL

Gulf Islands GEOPark

Global

NB

FL

Huguenot Park-Nassau Sound

State

NB

FL

Little Estero Lagoon

State

P

FL

Lower Tampa Bay

Global

P NB

FL

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

NB

GA

Altamaha River Delta

State

P NB

GA

St. Catherines Island

State

NB

MA

Monomoy and South Beach NWR

State

P

MA

North River Mouth and Corridor

State

P

MA

Sudbury/ Concord River Valley

State

P

NC

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Global

P

NC

Cape Lookout National Seashore

State

P

NY

Jamaica Bay

Global

P

NY

West Hempstead Bay/Jones Beach West

State

P

OR

Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

State

P

SC

Morse Creek Inlet/Bay Point Island

State

P

VA

Back Bay

State

P

VA

Barrier Island/Lagoon System

State

P

WA

Bottle Beach

State

P

* Priority applies to site, not necessarily for criteria met by focal species
* SEASONAL IMPORTANCE: B=breeding, NB=non-breeding, P=passage, U=unknown

Additional IBAs: Species rare, present in relatively low abundances, or insufficient data to determine seasonal importance.

State

Important Bird Area

Priority (Criteria Met)*

AK

Andreafsky Wilderness

Global

AK

Kuskokwim River Delta

Global

AK

Stebbins-St. Michael

State

CT

East River Marsh Complex

Global

CT

Hammonasset Beach State Park

Global

CT

Menunketesuck and Duck Islands and surrounding tidal flats

State

CT

Milford Point/Wheeler Marsh/Mouth of the Housatonic River

State

GA

Cumberland Island National Seashore

State

NY

Chazy Landing/Kings Bay Area

State

NY

Eastern Lake Ontario Barrier Beaches

State

NY

Great South Bay

State

* Priority applies to site, not necessarily for criteria met by focal species

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For general information about the Important Bird Areas Program, see http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/. To search the IBA Search tool for information on additional Important Bird Areas throughout the country, click here.

This project has been possible thanks to the generous support of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grant of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Last Updated 30 January 2007

 

 

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