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Important Bird Areas
Iowa
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Iowa IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 2 | 0 |
| State | 84 | 0 |
| Total | 86 | 0 |
Site Name |
Status | Priority | Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone State Park | Recognized | State | Delaware | |
| Badger Lake Wildlife Area | Recognized | State | Monona | D4ii |
| Bays Branch Wildlife Area | Recognized | State | Guthrie | D4ii |
| Beam Woods | Recognized | State | Jones | |
| Belv-Deer Recreation Area | Recognized | State | Keokuk | |
| Big Marsh | Recognized | State | Butler | |
| Bjorkboda Marsh/Masterson WA/Boone East Marsh | Recognized | State | Boone, Hamilton | |
| Brinton Timber | Recognized | State | Washington | |
| Broken Kettle Grassland | Recognized | State | Plymouth | |
| Brown's Lake/Bigelow Park | Recognized | State | Woodbury | |
| Cairo Woods Wildlife Area | Recognized | State | Louisa | |
| Cardinal Marsh | Recognized | State | Winneshiek | |
| Cedar Valley Nature Trail | Recognized | State | Black Hawk | |
| Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt | Recognized | State | Jasper, Polk | |
| Clear Lake/Ventura Marsh | Recognized | State | Cerro Gordo | |
| Coralville Reservoir/Hawkeye Wildlife Area/Lake McBride State Park | Recognized | State | Johnson | D4ii, D4v |
| Des Moines River Corridor/Holst Forest to YMCA Camp | Recognized | State | Boone | |
| DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | State | Harrison | |
| Dudgeon Lake Wildlife Area | Recognized | State | Benton | |
| Dunbar Slough | Recognized | State | Greene | D4ii |
