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Important Bird Areas for
Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern - Landbirds
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Loggerhead Shrike, by Dave Menke/USFWS

In the U.S., one or more of the target migratory landbird species of conservation concern have been reported at 965 identified or recognized Important Bird Areas throughout 41 states, based on analyses of available data in the Important Bird Areas database (See target landbird species). Two-hundred-two of these Important Bird Areas were categorized as high priority sites for the conservation of these Neotropical migrant landbirds, based on comparisons using the Global and Continental IBA Criteria framework. Some of these have already been prioritized as Global for these or other species. Additional IBAs are still in the process of being identified, and data are still being compiled.

See continued list of Important Bird Areas for focal species below. List represents Important Bird Areas for focal species, as of September 2008. Current information is available through the IBA Search tool.

Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Kentucky Warbler	Allegheny Highlands	US-VA	State
	Amphibolites	US-NC	State
	Assunpink Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Audubon's Francis Beidler Forest	US-SC	State
	Baldpate Mountain	US-NJ	State
	Beam Woods	US-IA	State
	Beanblossom Bottoms	US-IN	State
	Bear Swamp Natural Area	US-NJ	State
	Bear Swamp/Red Lion Preserve	US-NJ	State
	Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area	US-AR	State
	Belt Woods	US-MD	State
	Bienville National Forest	US-MS	State
	Big Hammock WMA	US-GA	State
	Brookville Lake/Whitewater State Park	US-IN	State
	Busch / Weldon / Howell Conservation Area Complex	US-MO	State
	Cache-Lower White Rivers	US-AR	Global
	Caesars Head State Park	US-SC	State
	Cairo Woods Wildlife Area	US-IA	State
	Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Great Cedar Swamp Division	US-NJ	State
	Castle Rock State Park and Lowden-Miller SF	US-IL	State
	Castor / Whitewater Watershed	US-MO	State
	Central Missouri Hills	US-MO	State
	Chapman Forest	US-MD	State
	Chattahoochee National Forest	US-GA	State
	Choctaw Island Wildlife Management Area	US-AR	State
	Clinton Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Congaree National Park	US-SC	State
	Coralville Reservoir/Hawkeye Wildlife Area/Lake McBride State Park	US-IA	State
	Crab Orchard NWR	US-IL	State
	Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center	US-IN	State
	Croatan Forest	US-NC	State
	Cuivre River State Park	US-MO	State
	Current / Jack's Fork Watershed	US-MO	State
	Cussewago Bottom	US-PA	State
	Daniel Boone / Little Lost Creek Conservation Areas	US-MO	State
	Dawson Forest	US-GA	State
	Delaware Coastal Zone	US-DE	State
	DiLane Plantation Wildlife Management Area	US-GA	State
	Dry Tortugas National Park	US-FL	State
	Eagle Creek Park	US-IN	State
	Edward G. Bevans (Millville) Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge - Barnegat Division	US-NJ	State
	Enlow Fork -SGL 302	US-PA	State
	Eno River Bottomlands	US-NC	State
	Featherbed Lane	US-NJ	State
	Fontenelle Forest	US-NE	State
	Fort Harrison State Park	US-IN	State
	Fort Jackson Military Reservation	US-SC	State
	Fortescue Glades Wildlife Refuge	US-NJ	State
	Fox River Bottoms	US-MO	State
	Franklin Parker Preserve	US-NJ	State
	Fulling Mill Road	US-NJ	State
	Garret Mountain	US-NJ	State
	Great Dismal Swamp	US-VA	State
	Greenwood Forest/Pasadena Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Hamilton-Trenton Marsh	US-NJ	State
	Harrison-Crawford Forest Complex	US-IN	State
	Hickory and Pickle Creek Hills	US-MO	State
	Hickory Hill Park	US-IA	State
	Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	Hoosier National Forest - Pleasant Run Unit	US-IN	State
	Hoosier National Forest - Tell City Unit	US-IN	State
	Iatan / Weston River Corridor	US-MO	State
	Idylwild	US-MD	State
	Indian Cave State Park	US-NE	State
	Indian Trail Swamp	US-NJ	State
	Jackson-Washington and Clark State Forests	US-IN	State
	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	US-GA	State
	Lacey Keosauqua State Park	US-IA	State
	Laurels, King Ranch and Stroud	US-PA	State
	Little River Bottoms	US-AR	State
	Lower James River	US-VA	State
	Lower Potomac River	US-VA	State
	Lower Rappahannock River	US-VA	Global
	Lower Tampa Bay	US-FL	Global
	Mark Twain NWR Long Island Division	US-IL	State
	Mingo Basin	US-MO	State
	Mississippi Palisades State Park	US-IL	State
	Monroe Lake	US-IN	State
	Morgan-Monroe Forest	US-IN	State
	Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve IBA	US-MN	State
	Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge	US-IN	State
	Niangua River Basin	US-MO	State
	North Fork Woodland and Forest	US-MO	State
	Northern Musconetcong Mountain Region	US-NJ	State
	Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge	US-MS	State
	Ozark National Forest	US-AR	State
	Pamunkey and Mattaponi Rivers	US-VA	State
	Parkers Creek	US-MD	State
	Patapsco Valley	US-MD	State
	Patoka River National Widlife Refuge	US-IN	State
	Patuxent Research Refuge	US-MD	State
	Peaslee Wildlife Management Area	US-NJ	State
	Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge	US-GA	State
	Pine Mountain	US-VA	State		B1
	Poosey Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	Powdermill Nature Reserve	US-PA	State
	Powell and Stone Mountains	US-VA	State		B1
	Prettyboy	US-MD	State
	Roanoke River Bottomlands	US-NC	State
	Sand Hills State Forest (South Carolina Forest Commission)	US-SC	State
	Savannah National Wildlife Refuge	US-SC	State
	Shimek State Forest, Croton Unit	US-IA	State
	Shugart/Felsenthal Red-cockaded Woodpecker	US-AR	Global
	Sourland Mountain Region	US-NJ	State
	South Mountain - Caledonia State Park & Michaux State Forest	US-PA	State
	South River Greenway	US-MD	State
	State Botanical Garden of Georgia/Whitehall Forest	US-GA	State
	Stephens State Forest, Lucas & Whitebreast Units	US-IA	State
	Sugar Creek Valley	US-IN	State
	Swamp of Toa	US-GA	State
	Trail of Tears State Forest	US-IL	State
	Tuckahoe Creek	US-MD	State
	Unami Creek Valley	US-PA	State
	Upper Blue Ridge Mountains	US-VA	State
	Upper Des Plaines River Corridor	US-IL	State
	Upper Neuse River Bottomlands	US-NC	State
	Upper Ridley/Crum	US-PA	State
	Vernon Valley Grasslands/Pochuck Marsh	US-NJ	State
	Vicksburg National Military Park	US-MS	State
	Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	West-central Missouri River Bends	US-MO	State
	White River Glades and Woodlands	US-MO	State
	Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge	US-MS	State
	Yellow River Forest/Effigy Mounds National Mounument	US-IA	State
	Yellowwood State Forest	US-IN	State
Select Another Species
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Lawrence's Goldfinch	Agua Fria National Monument	US-AZ	State
	Lower Oak Creek	US-AZ	State
	Sabino Creek and Lower Bear Creek	US-AZ	State
	San Diego Peaks	US-CA	State
Select Another Species
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Loggerhead Shrike	Adobe Valley	US-CA	State
	Agua Fria National Monument	US-AZ	State
	Aguanga Area	US-CA	State
	Alameda Naval Air Station	US-CA	State
	Allegan State Game Area & Kalamazoo River (Galesburg to Saugatuck)	US-MI	Global
	Allegheny Highlands	US-VA	State
	Altamaha River Delta	US-GA	Global
	Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area	US-GA	State
	Anderson Mesa	US-AZ	State
	Antelope Valley	US-CA	State		B1
	Anza-Borrego Riparian	US-CA	State
	Argus Range-Southern	US-CA	State
	Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge	US-NV	State
	Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	Ballona Valley	US-CA	State
	Bautista Creek	US-CA	State
	Bayou DeView Raptor Area	US-AR	State
	Bear Canyon	US-MT	State
	Benicia State Recreation Area	US-CA	State
	Big Brook Park Region Grasslands	US-NJ	State
	Big Morongo Canyon	US-CA	State
	Bilk Creek - Montana Mountains	US-NV	Global
	Blackland Prairie	US-AR	State
	Blue Marsh Lake	US-PA	State
	Blue River Complex	US-AZ	State
	Boardman Grasslands	US-OR	State
	Bolsa de San Felipe	US-CA	State
	Bonny Lake State Park and South Republican Management Area	US-CO	State
	Boyce Thompson Arboretum	US-AZ	State
	Bridgeport Valley	US-CA	State
	Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge	US-CO	State
	Buck Island Ranch	US-FL	State
	Buena Vista Lake Bed	US-CA	State
	Byron Area	US-CA	State
	Camp Pendleton	US-CA	State
	Canyons of the Ancients National Monument	US-CO	State
	Carrizo Plain	US-CA	State
	Carson River Delta	US-NV	State
	Carson Valley	US-NV	State
	Catclaw Washes Complex	US-NV	State
	Channel Islands-Northern	US-CA	Global
	Charlie Craig State Fish Hatchery	US-AR	State
	Charlie Elliot Management Area	US-GA	State
	Cherokee Prairie	US-AR	State
	Cima Dome	US-CA	State
	Cole Camp Prairies IBA	US-MO	State
	Colorado Desert Microphyll Woodland	US-CA	State
	Columbia National Wildlife Refuge	US-WA	State
	Concord Marshes	US-CA	State
	Coralville Reservoir/Hawkeye Wildlife Area/Lake McBride State Park	US-IA	State
	Corte Madera Marsh	US-CA	State
	Cosumnes River Preserve	US-CA	State
	Creighton Ranch	US-CA	State
	Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge	US-NE	State
	Crowley Lake	US-CA	State
	Culpeper Basin	US-VA	State
	Cumberland Island National Seashore	US-GA	Global
	Cuyama Valley	US-CA	State
	David E. Moore Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary	US-NV	State
	Deep Springs Valley	US-CA	State
	Dunbar Slough	US-IA	State
	East Diablo Range	US-CA	State
	East Mojave Springs	US-CA	State
	East Park Reservoir	US-CA	State
	Edwards Air Force Base	US-CA	State
	El Dorado Prairies	US-MO	State
	Elephant Tree Forest	US-CA	State
	Elk Creek Marsh	US-IA	State
	Elkhorn Slough	US-CA	State
	Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge - Bradley Unit	US-GA	State
	Fall River Valley Area	US-CA	State
	Feather River-Lower	US-CA	State
	Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve	US-WA	State
	Flint Creek Power Plant	US-AR	State
	Fort Jackson Military Reservation	US-SC	State
	Goleta Coast	US-CA	State
	Goose Lake, Kern Co.	US-CA	State
	Goose Lake, Modoc Co.	US-CA	State
	Grasslands Ecological Area	US-CA	State
	Great Basin National Park	US-NV	State
	Hanford Reach	US-WA	State
	Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge	US-GA	State
	Herricks Cove IBA	US-VT	State
	High Rock Resource Area	US-NV	Global
	Hilton Pond Center (Important Bird Research Area)	US-SC	State
	Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	Honey Lake Valley	US-CA	State
	Idaho National Laboratory (INL)	US-ID	State		B1
	Imperial Valley	US-CA	State
	Indiangrass Hills	US-IA	State
	Jekyll Island	US-GA	State
	Jepson Grasslands	US-CA	State
	Kellerton Bird Conservation Area	US-IA	State
	Kelso Creek	US-CA	State
	Kern National Wildlife Refuge	US-CA	State
	Klamath Basin/ Clear Lake	US-CA	State
	LaGrange-Waterford Grasslands	US-CA	State
	Lake Casitas	US-CA	State
	Lake Elsinore	US-CA	State
	Lake Mathews/ Estelle Mountain	US-CA	State
	Lake Rathbun Reservoir	US-IA	State
	Lake Success	US-CA	State
	Lancaster County Saline Wetlands	US-NE	State
	Laramie Greenbelt	US-WY	State
	Little Otter Creek WMA IBA	US-VT	State
	Little Sandy Landscape	US-WY	State
	Lone Willow Slough	US-CA	State
	Lonesome Lake	US-MT	State
	Lopez Lake	US-CA	State
	Los Angeles Flood Control Basins	US-CA	State
	Lost Mound Unit, Savanna District of the Upper Mississippi River NWR	US-IL	State
	Lower Colorado River Valley	US-CA	State
	Lower James River	US-VA	State
	Lower Los Angeles River	US-CA	State
	Meadow Valley Wash	US-NV	State
	Medicine Creek W.A. / southern Wayne County grasslands	US-IA	State
	Medway Plantation	US-SC	State
	Mendota Wildlife Area	US-CA	State
	Merced Grasslands	US-CA	State
	Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie	US-IL	State
	Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge	US-ID	Global
	Mission Bay	US-CA	State
	Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge	US-MS	State
	Moapa Valley	US-NV	State
	Modoc Plateau	US-CA	State
	Mojave River	US-CA	State
	Monitor Valley	US-NV	State
	Mono Highlands	US-CA	State
	Mono Lake Basin	US-CA	State
	Mt. Rogers/White Top Mountain	US-VA	State
	Napa Lakes	US-CA	State
	North Mojave Dry Lakes	US-CA	State
	North Potholes Preserve	US-WA	State
	North Richmond Wetlands	US-CA	State
	North Ruby Valley	US-NV	State
	North San Diego Lagoons	US-CA	State
	Oasis Valley	US-NV	State
	Orange Coast Wetlands	US-CA	State
	Orange County Wilderness Parks	US-CA	State
	Otter Slough Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	Overflow National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	Owens Lake	US-CA	State
	Owens River	US-CA	State
	Owyhee Uplands	US-ID	State
	Ozark National Forest	US-AR	State
	Pamo Valley	US-CA	State
	Panoche Valley	US-CA	State
	Perico Creek on the Kiowa	US-NM	State
	Phinizy Swamp	US-GA	State
	Pine City Natural Area	US-AR	State
	Pixley National Wildlife Refuge	US-CA	State
	Point Mugu	US-CA	State
	Poosey Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	Prairie Ridge State Natural Area - Jasper and Marion Units	US-IL	State
	Puente-Chino Hills	US-CA	State
	Pyramid State Park	US-IL	State
	Quilomene-Colockum Wildlife Area	US-WA	State
	Radford Army Ammunition Plant	US-VA	State
	Red Desert	US-WY	State
	Ruthven Wildlife Area/Dewey's Pasture	US-IA	State
	Sacramento River-Upper	US-CA	State
	Sacramento Valley Wetlands	US-CA	State
	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta	US-CA	State
	Salinas River-Lower	US-CA	State
	Salinas River-Middle	US-CA	State
	Salt Spring Valley	US-CA	State
	Salton Sea	US-CA	State
	San Antonio Valley	US-CA	State
	San Clemente Island	US-CA	State		B1
	San Diego Bay	US-CA	State
	San Diego National Wildlife Refuge-Eastern	US-CA	State
	San Emigdio Canyon	US-CA	State
	San Francisco Bay-South	US-CA	State
	San Jacinto Valley	US-CA	State
	San Joaquin Hills	US-CA	State
	San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge	US-CA	State
	San Juan County - Gunnison Sage-Grouse	US-UT	Global
	San Luis Rey River	US-CA	State
	San Pablo Bay Wetlands	US-CA	State
	San Pasqual Valley	US-CA	State
	Sand Hills State Forest (South Carolina Forest Commission)	US-SC	State
	Sandhills East	US-NC	State
	Sandhills West	US-NC	State
	Santa Ana River Valley	US-CA	State
	Santa Clara River Valley	US-CA	State
	Santa Margarita Valley	US-CA	State
	Santa Maria River Valley	US-CA	State
	Santa Ynez River Valley	US-CA	State
	Savannah National Wildlife Refuge	US-SC	State
	Sea Pines Forest Preserve	US-SC	State
	Sedan Wildlife Management Area	US-IA	State
	Shasta Valley	US-CA	State
	Sheldon NWR	US-NV	Global
	Shoshone-Tecopa Area	US-CA	State
	Shugart/Felsenthal Red-cockaded Woodpecker