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Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern:
Focus on Eighteen Waterbird Species



Important Bird Areas for the Conservation of Focal Waterbird Species:

6. Long-billed Curlew

State

Important Bird Area

Priority (Criteria Met)*

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

CA

Bolsa de San Felipe

State

NB

CA

Byron Area

State

NB

CA

Carrizo Plain

State

NB

CA

Consumnes River Preserve

State

NB

CA

Elkhorn Slough

State

NB

CA

Grasslands Ecological Area

State

NB

CA

Humboldt Bay

State

NB

CA

Imperial Valley

State

NB

CA

Jepson Grasslands

State

NB

CA

LaGrange-Waterford Grasslands

State

NB

CA

Lancaster

State

NB

CA

Lower Colorado River Valley

State

NB

CA

Merced Grasslands

State

NB

CA

Morro Bay

State

NB

CA

Panoche Valley

State

NB

CA

Pt. Mugu Area

State

NB

CA

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

State

NB

CA

Salton Sea

State

NB

CA

San Francisco Bay-South

State

NB

CA

San Jacinto Valley

State

NB

CA

San Joaquin River NWR Area

State

NB

CA

San Pablo Bay Wetlands

State

NB

CA

Suisun Marsh

State

NB

CA

Surprise Valley

State

B

CA

Yolo Bypass Area

State

NB

CO

Adobe Creek Reservoir

State

P

CO

Great Plains Reservoir System

State

B

CO

John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area

State

P

CO

Pawnee National Grassland

Global

P

ID

Camas National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

ID

Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area

State

B

ID

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

NE

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

NV

Boyd Humboldt Valley Wetlands

State

B

NV

David E. Moore Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary

State

B

NV

Lahontan Valley Wetlands

State

B

NV

Mary's River

State

B

NV

North Ruby Valley

State

B

OR

Boardman Grasslands

State

B

TX

Blackjack Penninsula of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

State

NB

UT

Bear River Bay

State

B

UT

Deseret Land and Livestock Ranch

State

B

UT

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

UT

Gilbert Bay/South Arm

State

B

UT

Gunnison Bay/North Arm

State

B

UT

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

WA

Toppenish Creek/ Yakima River Oxbows

State

B

WY

Chanpman Bench

State

B

WY

Flat Creek Marshes and Wetland Complex

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)*

AZ

Anderson Mesa

State

AZ

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

State

CA

Alameda Naval Air Station

State

CA

Benicia SRA

State

CA

Big Valley/ Ash Creek

State

CA

Bodega Harbor

State

CA

Bolinas Lagoon

State

CA

Buena Vista Lake Bed

State

CA

Camp Pendleton

State

CA

Concord Marshes

State

CA

Creighton Ranch Area

State

CA

Cuyama Valley

State

CA

Del Norte Coast

State

CA

Eastshore Wetlands

State

CA

Edwards Air Force Base

State

CA

Fall River Valley Area

State

CA

Goleta Coast

State

CA

Goose Lake, Kern Co.

State

CA

Goose Lake, Modoc Co.

State

CA

Honey Lake Valley

State

CA

Kern NWR Area

State

CA

Klamath Basin/ Clear Lake

State

CA

Lone Willow Slough

State

CA

Mendota Wildlife Area

State

CA

Mission Bay

State

CA

Modoc National Wildlife Refuge

State

CA

Modoc Plateau

State

CA

North San Diego Lagoons

State

CA

Orange Coast Wetlands

State

CA

Owens Lake

State

CA

Pixley NWR Area

State

CA

Pt. Reyes-Outer

State

CA

Richardson Bay

State

CA

Sacramento Valley Wetlands

State

CA

Salinas River-Lower

State

CA

San Diego Bay

State

CA

Santa Ana River Valley

State

CA

Santa Maria River Valley

State

CA

Sierra Valley

State

CA

Stone Lakes NWR Area

State

CA

Tijuana River Reserve

State

CA

Tomales Bay

State

CA

Topaz Lake Area

State

CA

Tulare Lake Bed

State

CA

Vandenberg AFB

State

ID

American Falls Reservoir

State

ID

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

ID

Blacks Creek Reservoir

State

ID

Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area

State

ID

Chilly Slough

State

ID

Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area

State

ID

Oxford Slough

State

ID

Silver Creek Preserve

State

MT

Little Beaver Creek

State

MT

North Valley Grasslands

State

NM

Otero Mesa

State

NM

Percha SP/Caballo Lake SP/Las Palomas

State

NM

Sauz Creek

State

NV

Bilk Creek - Montana Mountains

State

NV

Gridley Lake

State

NV

Monitor Valley

State

UT

Cutler Reservoir and Marsh

State

UT

Goshen Bay - Utah Lake

State

UT

Provo Bay - Utah Lake

State

WA

Columbia Hills

State

WA

Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve

State

WA

Hanford Reach

State

WA

North Potholes Preserve

State

WA

Trout Lake Marsh

State

WY

Alkali and Beck Lakes

State

WY

Laramie Plains Lakes Complex

State

WY

Loch Katrine Wetland

State

WY

Red Desert

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 23 January 2007

 

 

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