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Important Bird Areas
Texas
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Iliana PenaTexas IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 20 | 477,392 |
| State | 6 | 177,537 |
| Total | 26 | 654,929 |
Richard Moore, an outdoor writer, photographer, and reporter, documents Audubon's long-term conservation work at Green Island Rookery, a Texas IBA! {link:Watch News Clip|mms://video.mpcstudios.com/media/richardmoore//2007/4/30/richard moore birds 2.wmv}
Site Name |
Status | Priority | Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoakum Dunes Preserve | Identified | Global | Terry, Yoakum | |
| Sundown Island | Recognized | Global | Calhoun, Lavaca | D4iii, D4iv |
| Southernmost Edwards Plateau | Identified | Global | Bexar, Medina | |
| Sabal Palm Sanctuary | Recognized | State | Cameron | |
| Port Bolivar Bird Sanctuaries - Horseshoe Marsh | Identified | State | Anderson, Chambers, Galveston | |
| Port Bolivar Bird Sanctuaries - Bolivar Flats | Recognized | Global | Anderson, Chambers, Galveston | |
| North Deer Island | Recognized | Global | Galveston | D1, D4i, D4iii |
| Nature Conservancy Love Creek Preserve | Recognized | Global | Bandera | D1, D3, D5 |
| Nature Conservancy Independence Creek Preserve | Recognized | Global | Terrell | D1, D3, D5 |
| Nature Conservancy Dolan Falls Preserve | Recognized | Global | Val Verde | D1, D3, D5 |
| Mustang Bayou Island | Recognized | State | Brazoria | |
| Little Pelican Island | Recognized | State | Galveston | |
| Lavaca Bay Spoils | Recognized | Global | Calhoun | |
| Laguna Vista Spoils | Recognized | Global | Cameron | |
| Laguna Madre | Identified | Global | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | |
| Katy Prairie Conservancy | Identified | Global | Harris, Waller | |
| Jigsaw Islands | Recognized | Global | Calhoun | |
| Green Island | Recognized | Global | Cameron | D1, D3, D4i, D4iii, D4iv, D5 |
| Fort Hood | Recognized | Global | Bell, Coryell | D1, D3, D4i, D5 |
| Dressing Point | Recognized | Global | Matagorda | D4iii, D4iv |
