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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Cape Cod (Cape Cod National Seashore) | Recognized | Global | D3, 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 | |
| Ellisville Harbor | Recognized | State | ||
| Essex County Coastal Bird Islands | Recognized | State | D3, D4iii, D4iv | |
| Eugene Moran Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | ||
| Freetown - Fall River State Forest and Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve | Recognized | Continental | B3, D3, D5 | |
| Plymouth and Duxbury Bays | Recognized | Global | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Quabbin Reservoir Watershed | Recognized | Continental | B3, D3, D5 | |
| Quaboag | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D5 | |
| Ram Island | Recognized | State | D3, D4iv, D5 | |
| Rockport Headlands and Inshore Waters | Recognized | State | D3, D4ii, D4iv | |
| Rocky Gutter Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | D3 | |
| Sandwich Beaches | Recognized | State | D4iv, D5 | |
| Sandy Neck | Recognized | State | D4iv, D4v, D5 |
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