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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Berkshires Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Oakham Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Outer Cape Cod (Cape Cod National Seashore) | Recognized | Global | D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D5 | |
| Peat Meadow | Recognized | State | ||
| 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 | |
| Southern Berkshires Forest Block | Recognized | Continental | B3 | |
| Stellwagen Bank | Recognized | State | D3, D4iv, D5 | |
| Stop River | Recognized | State | D3, D4iii, D4vi, D5 | |
| Sudbury and Foss Reservoirs | Recognized | State | D4ii | |
| Sudbury/ Concord River Valley | Recognized | State | D4ii, D4iii, D4v | |
| Upper Housatonic Valley | Recognized | State | D3 | |
| Wachusett Mountain | Recognized | State | D4vi, D5 | |
| Wachusett Reservoir | Recognized | State | D4ii |