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Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern:
Focus on Eighteen Waterbird Species



Important Bird Areas for the Conservation of Focal Waterbird Species:

16. Wilson’s Phalarope

State

Important Bird Area

Priority (Criteria Met)*

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

AR

Charlie Craig State Fish Hatchery

State

P

CA

Honey Lake Valley

State

B

CA

Yolo Bypass Area

State

P

ID

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

ID

Camas National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

ID

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

B

IN

Kankakee Sands Project and surrounding natural areas

State

B

MN

Kittson-Roseau Aspen Parkland IBA

State

B

MT

Clark Fork River-Grass Valley

State

P

NE

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

P

NE

Kiowa Wildlife Management Area

State

P

NE

Rainwater Basin

State

P

NM

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

State

P

NM

Holloman Lakes

State

P

NM

Laguna Grande Complex

State

P

NM

Wagon Mound WMA

State

B

NV

Boyd Humboldt Valley Wetlands

State

P

NV

Gridley Lake

State

B

NV

Lahontan Valley Wetlands

State

P

NV

Mary's River

State

B

NV

North Ruby Valley

State

B

UT

Bear River Bay

State

P

UT

Farmington Bay

State

P

UT

Gilbert Bay/South Arm

State

P

UT

Goshen Bay - Utah Lake

State

P

UT

Gunnison Bay/North Arm

State

B

UT

Ogden Bay

State

P

UT

Provo Bay - Utah Lake

State

P

WI

Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area

State

B

WY

Alkali and Beck Lakes

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

Adobe Valley

State

CA

Fall River Valley Area

State

CA

Owens Lake

State

CA

Sierra Valley

State

CO

Alamosa and Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Complex

State

CO

Blanca Wetlands

State

CO

Carpenter Ranch/ Yampa River Preserve

State

CO

Chatfield State Park

State

ID

Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area

State

ID

Chilly Slough

State

ID

Mann Lake

State

ID

Mesa Marsh

State

ID

Silver Creek Preserve

State

IL

Hennepin and Hopper Lake

State

IN

Cane Ridge Wildlife Management Area and Gibson Lake

State

IN

Goose Pond/Beehunter Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area

State

MD

Hart-Miller Island

State

NM

Blackrock and Nutria Lakes

State

NM

Burford Lake

State

NM

Percha SP/Caballo Lake SP/Las Palomas

State

NV

Swan Lake

State

NY

Chazy Landing/Kings Bay Area

State

NY

Great South Bay

State

NY

Montezuma Wetlands Complex

State

SC

Savannah River Disposal Site

State

UT

Deseret Land and Livestock Ranch

State

UT

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

State

WY

Alpine Wetland

State

WY

Laramie Greenbelt

State

WY

Wagonhound Ranch

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

 

 

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