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Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern:
Focus on Eighteen Waterbird Species



Important Bird Areas for the Conservation of Focal Waterbird Species:

14. Surfbird

State

Important Bird Area

Priority (Criteria Met)*

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

AK

Homer Spit

Global

P

AK

Mendenhall Wetlands

State

P

WA

Crescent Harbor Marshes

State

NB

WA

Penn Cove

State

NB

* 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

Anchorage Coastal

Continental

AK

Andreafsky Wilderness

Global

AK

Central Yukon-Kuskokwim

Global

AK

Kuskokwim River Delta

Global

AK

Stebbins-St. Michael

State

WA

Damon Point/ Oyhut

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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