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Important Bird Areas
Mississippi
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Mississippi IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 5 | 455,182 |
| State | 28 | 792,851 |
| Total | 33 | 1,248,033 |
| Site Name |
Status |
Priority | Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | State | Holmes, Yazoo | D3, D4i, D4ii, D4v, D4vii |
| Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | Global | Jackson | D3, D4i, D4ii, D5 |
| Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | Global | Oktibbeha | D4i, D4ii |
| Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | State | Yazoo | D4ii, D4iv |
| Pearl River Wildlife Refuge and Management Area | Recognized | State | Madison | D4i, D4ii, D4iv, D4vii, D5 |
| Sand Island | Recognized | State | Jackson | D4i |
| Sardis Lake | Recognized | State | Lafayette, Panola | D4i |
| St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | Global | Adams, Wilkinson | D3, D4ii, D4iv, D4v, D4vii |
| Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | State | Quitman, Tallahatchie | D4i, D4ii, D4iv, D4v, D4vii |
| Vicksburg National Military Park | Recognized | State | Warren | D4ii, D4vi |
| White's Lane | Recognized | State | Yazoo | D4i, D4ii, D4iv, D5 |
| Bienville National Forest | Recognized | Global | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | |
| Deer Island | Recognized | State | Harrison | |
| Eagle Lake | Recognized | State | Warren | D1, D4ii |
| Homochitto National Forest | Recognized | Global | Adams, Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilkinson | D1, D4vii |
| LeFleur's Bluff State Park | Recognized | State | Hinds | |
| Pascagoula River Marsh Coastal Preserve | Recognized | State | Jackson | D1, D3 |
| Shipland Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | Issaquena | |
| Strawberry Plains Audubon Center | Recognized | State | Marshall | |
| Tara Wildlife, Inc. | Recognized | State | Warren | D1, D3, D4ii, D4iii |
