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Click site names for a full summary report on each site, including general site information, species data, ownership, habitat, land use, and threat details. Please note that information for some sites may not be available through the web.

CLICK HERE for information on NORTH CAROLINA state efforts, including current status of the program, list of sites, and IBA contact for the state.

STATE: NORTH CAROLINA

#	Important Bird Area	Priority (Criteria Met)
1	Bald Head/ Smith Island	State
2	Battery Island Audubon Sanctuary	Global
3	Beacon Island Audubon Sanctuary	State
4	Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Global
5	Cape Lookout National Seashore	State
6	Carrot Island/ Bird Shoal	State
7	Cedar Island Marshes	State
8	Eagle Island	State
9	Ferry Slip Island	State
10	Lea-Hutaff Islands	State
11	Masonboro Island	State
12	New Dump Island	State
13	North Pelican Island	State
14	Oregon Inlet Shoals	State
15	Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge	Global
16	South Pelican Island	State
17	Striking Island	State

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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 23 January 2007