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Emperor Goose, Courtesy Donna Dewhurst/USFWS

State-level Important Bird Areas are prioritized by the U.S. IBA Technical Committee, using Global and Continental IBA Criteria. These Important Bird Areas are some of the highest priority sites for conservation actions.

Below are the Global and Continental Important Bird Areas that have been prioritized to date. This prioritization is ongoing; please check back for updates. Information about other Important Bird Areas in the U.S. is available through the IBA Search tool.

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GLOBAL IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
Important Bird Area	State	Criteria	More information about the IBA…
Aiktak Island	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Andreafsky Wilderness	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Baby Islands-Akutan Pass	AK	A4i, A4ii, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Barren Islands	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Bechevin Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Bering Sea Shelf Edge, marine	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Blacksand Spit	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Bogoslof Island (& Fire Island)	AK	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Buldir Island	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cape Lisburne-Thompson, marine	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cape Newenham	AK	A4i, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cape Peirce	AK	A1, A4i, A4ii, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cape Senyavin	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Carter Bay	AK	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Central Seward Peninsula	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Central Yukon-Kuskokwim	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Chagvan Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Chiniak Bay	AK	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cinder River-Hook Lagoon	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Clam Gulch	AK	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cook Inlet, marine	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Copper River Delta	AK	A4i, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
East Norton Sound, marine	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Egegik Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Fox River Flats	AK	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Gareloi Island	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Goodnews Bay	AK	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Harriman Fjord	AK	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Homer Spit	AK	A4i, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Izembek-Moffet Lagoons	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kachemak Bay, South Shore	AK	A4ii, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kahiltna Flats-Petersville Road	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kaligagan Island	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kasegaluk Lagoon	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kiska Island	AK	B1, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Koniuji Island	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kuluk Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kuskokwim Bay, marine	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kuskokwim River Delta	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kvichak Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Ledyard Bay, marine	AK	A4i, B1, B4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Little Diomede Island & Fairway Rock	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Mendenhall Wetlands	AK	A4i, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Nanvak Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Nelson Lagoon-Mud Bay	AK	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
North Bristol Bay, marine	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Northern Montague Island	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Nushagak Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Nushagak Bay, marine	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Port Heiden	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Port Moller-Herendeen Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Port Snettisham	AK	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Redoubt Bay	AK	A4i, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Seal Islands	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Slime Bank Inner Front, marine	AK	A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
South of St. Lawrence Island, marine	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
St. George Island	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
St. Lawrence Island	AK	A2, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
St. Matthew Island	AK	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
St. Paul Island	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Susitna Flats	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Swanson Lakes	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Teshekpuk Lake-E. Dease Inlet	AK	A4i, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Trading Bay	AK	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Tuxedni Bay	AK	A4i, B1,	Brief Profile		Full Report
Ugashik Bay	AK	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Unimak Pass, marine	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Upper Tanana River Valley	AK	A4i, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Walrus Islands	AK	A4i, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cache-Lower White Rivers	AR	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Fort Chaffee	AR	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Grass Ecosystem Management Area	AR	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Shugart/Felsenthal Red-cockaded Woodpecker	AR	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Marble Canyon	AZ	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Comanche National Grassland	CO	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Gunnison Basin	CO	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Pawnee National Grassland	CO	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Barn Island Wildlife Management Area	CT	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Hammonasset Beach State Park	CT	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Apalachicola River and Forests	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Avon Park Air Force Range-Bombing Range Ridge	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Brevard Scrub Ecosystem	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cape Canaveral-Merritt Island	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Central Pasco	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Corkscrew Swamp Watershed	FL	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Eglin Air Force Base	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Fisheating Creek Watershed	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Gulf Islands GEOPark	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve and State Park	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Lake Wales Ridge	FL	A1, A2	Brief Profile		Full Report
Lower Tampa Bay	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Northern Everglades	FL	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Ocala National Forest-Lake George	FL	A1, A2	Brief Profile		Full Report
Oscar Scherer State Park	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Osceola Flatwoods and Prairies	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Osceola National Forest-Okefenokee Swamp	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
St. Sebastian River State Buffer Preserve	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Withlacoochee-Panasoffkee-Big Scrub	FL	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Altamaha River Delta	GA	A1, A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Cumberland Island National Seashore	GA	A1, A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Kau Forest	HI	A1, A4ii, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Lehua Islet	HI	A1, A4ii	Brief Profile		Full Report
Mauna Kea Mamane- Naio Forest	HI	A1, A4ii, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
American Falls Reservoir	ID	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge	ID	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Blackfoot Reservoir	ID	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge	ID	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	IN	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Chinook Fish and Wildlife Area and Chinook Mine	IN	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area and surrounding areas	IN	A1, A4i, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Lynnville-Squaw Creek Mine Complex	IN	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Universal Mine	IN	A1, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Breton National Wildlife Refuge	LA	A4i, B1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Catahoula Lake	LA	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Assateague Island	MD	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Blackwater-Fishing Bay Marshes	MD	A1	Brief Profile		Full Report
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge	MD	A4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Hebgen Lake	MT	A4i, B1, B4i	Brief Profile		Full Report
Little Beaver Creek	MT	A1