Corkscrew Swamp Watershed


IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) of estimate Population at site IBA criteria triggered
Wood Stork Mycteria americana LC breeding 2001 478 nests A4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Red Maple Swamp Preserve 80 protected area overlaps with site 0
Pepper Ranch Preserve 996 protected area contained by site 0
Imperial Marsh Preserve 211 protected area overlaps with site 0
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge 10,738 protected area overlaps with site 0
Flint Pen Strand County Managed Area 398 protected area contained by site 0
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 5,261 protected area contained by site 5,261
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 4,726 protected area overlaps with site 0
Caracara Prairie Preserve 154 protected area overlaps with site 0
Camp Keais Strand Local Other or Unknown 13 protected area overlaps with site 0


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Corkscrew Swamp Watershed. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/26191 on 01/06/2023.