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Important Bird Areas for the Conservation of Focal Waterbird Species:

17. Wilson’s Plover

State	Important Bird Area	Priority (Criteria Met)*	Seasonal Importance (B,NB,P,R,U)*
FL	Big Marco Pass Shoal	State	B
FL	Biscayne Bay	State	NB
FL	Cape Canaveral-Merritt Island	Global	B
FL	Citrus County Spoil Islands	State	B
FL	Gulf Islands GEOPark	Global	B NB
FL	Huguenot Park-Nassau Sound	State	B
FL	Little Estero Lagoon	State	NB
FL	Lower Tampa Bay	Global	B NB
FL	North Lido Beach- Palmer Point	State	B
FL	Northern Atlantic Migrant Stopover	State	B
FL	Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	State	B
FL	St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge	State	NB
NC	Lea-Hutaff Islands	State	B
NC	Masonboro Island	State	B
VA	Barrier Island/Lagoon System	State	B
* 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)*
FL	Chassahowitzka-Weekiwachee	State
FL	Coastal Pasco	State
FL	Hillsborough Bay	State
MD	Assateague Island	Global
NC	Bald Head/ Smith Island	State
SC	Bird Key Stono	State
SC	Morse Creek Inlet/Bay Point Island	State
SC	Santee Coastal Reserve	State
SC	Savannah River Disposal Site	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