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Important Bird Areas for
Neotropical Migrants of Conservation Concern - Landbirds
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Horned Lark, by Tim Bowman/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) as of the fall 2008. 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 list of Important Bird Areas for focal species below, 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
Baird's Sparrow	Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon Society	US-AZ	State
	Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge	US-MT	State
	Gray Ranch Grasslands	US-NM	State
	Kittson-Roseau Aspen Parkland IBA	US-MN	State
	Lonesome Lake	US-MT	State
	Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge	US-MT	State		B1
	North Valley Grasslands	US-MT	Global		B1
	Otero Mesa	US-NM	State
	Pawnee National Grassland	US-CO	Global
	Westby Prairie-Wetland Complex	US-MT	Global		B1
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Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Bell's Vireo	Agua Fria National Monument	US-AZ	State	A1
	Aguanga Area	US-CA	State
	Anza-Borrego Riparian	US-CA	State	A1
	Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	Bautista Creek	US-CA	State
	Big Morongo Canyon	US-CA	State
	Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge	US-AZ	State
	Blackland Prairie	US-AR	State
	Blue River Complex	US-AZ	State
	Bob Brown Conservation Area	US-MO	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
	Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge	US-NE	State
	Busch / Weldon / Howell Conservation Area Complex	US-MO	State
	Cairo Woods Wildlife Area	US-IA	State
	Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area	US-NE	State
	Camp Pendleton	US-CA	State	A1
	Camp Robinson Special Use Area	US-AR	State
	Cedar Valley Nature Trail	US-IA	State
	Cherokee Prairie	US-AR	State
	Chiricahua Mountains	US-AZ	State
	Cole Camp Prairies IBA	US-MO	State	A1
	Coralville Reservoir/Hawkeye Wildlife Area/Lake McBride State Park	US-IA	State
	Crab Orchard NWR	US-IL	State
	Delaware River	US-NM	State
	DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge	US-IA	State
	East Mojave Springs	US-CA	State
	El Dorado Prairies	US-MO	State
	F. W. Kent Park	US-IA	State
	Fontenelle Forest	US-NE	State
	Fort Chaffee	US-AR	Global	A1
	Gila Bird Area	US-NM	State
	Gila-Cliff Area	US-NM	State
	Golden Grasslands	US-MO	State
	Goose Pond/Beehunter Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area	US-IN	State
	Grand River Grasslands	US-MO	State
	Herrick Lake / Danada West	US-IL	State
	Hickory Hill Park	US-IA	State
	Hitchcock Nature Center (and adjoining properties)	US-IA	State
	Iatan / Weston River Corridor	US-MO	State
	Indiangrass Hills	US-IA	State
	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	US-GA	State
	Lake Elsinore	US-CA	State
	Lake Mathews/ Estelle Mountain	US-CA	State
	Lake Mead NRA	US-NV	State
	Lake Pepin IBA	US-MN	State
	Lake Rathbun Reservoir	US-IA	State
	Las Animas Creek on the Ladder Ranch	US-NM	State
	Los Angeles Flood Control Basins	US-CA	State
	Lower Colorado River Valley	US-CA	State	A1
	Lower Gila Box	US-NM	State
	Lower Oak Creek	US-AZ	State
	Lower San Pedro River	US-AZ	State	A1
	Lynnville-Squaw Creek Mine Complex	US-IN	Global	A1
	Lytle Preserve	US-UT	State
	Manitou Floodplain	US-MO	State
	Medicine Creek W.A. / southern Wayne County grasslands	US-IA	State
	Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie	US-IL	State	A1
	Minnehaha Fish and Wildlife Area/Dugger Unit	US-IN	State
	Moapa Valley	US-NV	State
	Mojave River	US-CA	State
	Muskrat Slough	US-IA	State
	Nodaway Valley Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	North San Diego Lagoons	US-CA	State	A1
	Orange County Wilderness Parks	US-CA	State
	Otter Slough Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	Ozark National Forest	US-AR	State
	Pembroke Township	US-IL	State
	Pine City Natural Area	US-AR	State
	Pine Creek/Robert Feldt Marsh	US-IN	State
	Poosey Conservation Area	US-MO	State
	Pratt's Wayne/Phillip State Park Grassland Complex	US-IL	State
	Puente-Chino Hills	US-CA	State
	Pyramid State Park	US-IL	State	A1
	Rattlesnake Springs/ Washington Ranch	US-NM	State
	Red Rock Reservoir	US-IA	State
	Rowe Sanctuary	US-NE	Global
	Sabino Creek and Lower Bear Creek	US-AZ	State
	San Antonio Valley	US-CA	State
	San Diego National Wildlife Refuge-Eastern	US-CA	State	A1
	San Joaquin Hills	US-CA	State
	San Luis Rey River	US-CA	State	A1
	San Pasqual Valley	US-CA	State	A1
	San Pedro River - SPRNCA	US-AZ	State
	Santa Ana River Valley	US-CA	State	A1
	Santa Clara River Valley	US-CA	State	A1
	Santa Cruz International River Corridor	US-AZ	State
	Santa Rita Mountains/Madera Canyon	US-AZ	State
	Santa Ynez River Valley	US-CA	State
	Santa Ynez River-Upper	US-CA	State
	Shoshone-Tecopa Area	US-CA	State
	Shugart/Felsenthal Red-cockaded Woodpecker	US-AR	Global
	Skinner Reservoir Area	US-CA	State
	Sonoita Creek / Patagonia Lake Watershed	US-AZ	State
	Southern Orange County	US-CA	State
	Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge	US-MO	State
	Stuttgart Municipal Airport	US-AR	State
	Sycamore Canyon,Pajarito	US-AZ	State
	Taberville Prairie Plains	US-MO	State
	Tijuana River Reserve	US-CA	State	A1
	Tucker Prairie	US-MO	State
	Tuzigoot	US-AZ	State
	Universal Mine	US-IN	Global
	Upper / Middle Meramec Watershed	US-MO	State
	Upper Des Plaines River Corridor	US-IL	State
	Valentine National Wildlife Refuge	US-NE	State
	Virgin River	US-NV	State
	Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge	US-AR	State
	West-central Missouri River Bends	US-MO	State
	Western Cherokee Prairies	US-MO	State
	Wickiup Hill-Cedar River Complex	US-IA	State
	Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area	US-IN	State
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Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Bendire's Thrasher	Agua Fria National Monument	US-AZ	State
	Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge	US-AZ	State
	Blue River Complex	US-AZ	State
	Caja del Rio	US-NM	State
	Cima Dome	US-CA	State
	Colorado Desert Microphyll Woodland	US-CA	State
	East Mojave Peaks	US-CA	Global
	East Mojave Springs	US-CA	State
	Kelso Creek	US-CA	State
	Lower Gila Box	US-NM	State
	Mojave River	US-CA	State
	Wee Thump Joshua Tree Forest	US-NV	State	A1
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Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Bicknell's Thrush	Adirondack High Peaks Forest Tract	US-NY	Global	A1
	Bicknell's Thrush IBA	US-VT	State
	Catskills Peaks Area	US-NY	Global	A1
	High Elevation Spruce-Fir	US-NH	State	A1
	Lower Delmarva	US-VA	State
	Moose River Plains/Blue Ridge Area	US-NY	State	A1
	Northern Adirondack Peaks	US-NY	Global	A1
	Tug Hill Area	US-NY	State
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Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Black Swift	Bear Creek Valley	US-CO	State
	Big Sur Area	US-CA	State
	Box Canyon Falls and Park	US-CO	State
	Glacier National Park	US-MT	State
	Hanging Lake	US-CO	State
	Rocky Mountain National Park	US-CO	State
	Santa Ana River-Upper	US-CA	State
	Santa Lucia Peaks	US-CA	State
	Spring Park Reservoir	US-CO	State
	Valles Caldera/Jemez Mountains	US-NM	State
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Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	High Priority (Criteria Met)
Species	Site Name	State	Current Priority	A1	B1
Black-billed Cuckoo	Allamuchy Mountain State Park	US-NJ	State
	Allegan State Game Area & Kalamazoo River (Galesburg to Saugatuck)	US-MI	Global
	Allegany Forest Tract	US-NY	State