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Important Bird Areas
Massachusetts
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Wayne PetersenMassachusetts IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 4 | 97,836 |
| Continental | 9 | 406,561 |
| State | 72 | 1,116,590 |
| Total | 85 | 1,620,987 |
| Site Name | Status |
Priority |
Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freetown - Fall River State Forest and Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve | Recognized | Continental | B3, D3, D5 | |
| Quabbin Reservoir Watershed | Recognized | Continental | B3, D3, D5 | |
| Myles Standish State Forest | Recognized | Continental | B3, D3, D5 | |
| Northern Berkshires Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Southern Berkshires Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Brushy Mountain Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Oakham Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Freetown Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Nantucket Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Outer Cape Cod (Cape Cod National Seashore) | Recognized | Global | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Plymouth and Duxbury Bays | Recognized | Global | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Great Salt Marsh | Recognized | Global | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D4vi, D5 | |
| Monomoy and South Beach NWR | Recognized | Global | D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Chappaquidick Island | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v | |
| Cumberland Farms | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D4v, D5 | |
| Daniel Webster WLS and Cherry Hill | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D5 | |
| Dead Neck and Sampson's Island | Recognized | State | D3, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Delaney Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii | |
| Eastern Essex County Interior Forest | Recognized | State | D3 | |
| Eastern Point/ Gloucester Harbor | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D4iv |
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