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Important Bird Areas
Alabama
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Alabama IBA Contact
Andy ColemanAlabama IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 6 | 526,721 |
| State | 10 | 235,229 |
| Total | 16 | 761,950 |
Alabama is new to the Important Bird Areas Program. Earlier informal efforts led to unofficial recognition of some of the state's most important bird areas, providing a basis upon which an official IBA program can be built. The current effort involves representatives from Audubon, the Alabama Ornithological Society, South Alabama Birding Association, Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Alabama Partners in Flight, Auburn University, US Forest Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Site Name |
Status | Priority | Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankhead National Forest | Identified | State | Franklin, Lawrence, Winston | |
| Bon Secour NWR and Peninsula | Identified | State | Baldwin | D1 |
| Conecuh National Forest | Identified | Global | Covington, Escambia | D1 |
| Dauphin Island | Identified | Global | Mobile | |
| Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge | Identified | Global | Barbour | D1 |
| Fort Morgan Historical Park | Merged | Baldwin | ||
| Grand Bay Savannah | Identified | State | Mobile | |
| Key Cave NWR | Identified | State | D1 | |
| Mobile/Tensaw Delta | Identified | State | Baldwin, Mobile | D1 |
| Perdido Longleaf Hills FW | Identified | State | Baldwin | D1 |
| Splinter Hill Bog FW | Identified | State | Baldwin | D1 |
| State Cattle Ranch/Black Belt | Identified | State | Hale | D1 |
| Talladega National Forest (Oakmulgee District) | Identified | Global | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | |
| Talladega NF (Shoal Creek/Talladega District) - Mt Longleaf NWR | Identified | Global | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | D1 |
| Tuskegee National Forest | Potential | State | Macon | D1 |
| Walls of Jericho/Skyline WMA | Identified | State | Jackson | D1 |
| Wehle-Barbour | Identified | State | Barbour | D1 |
| Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | Identified | Global | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | D1 |
| William B. Bankhead National Forest | Merged | Franklin, Lawrence, Winston |
