Avon Park Air Force Range-Bombing Range Ridge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis NT resident (2000) 31 pairs A1
Florida Scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens VU resident (2000) 50 pairs A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Lake Kissimmee State Park (V) 3
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (V) 1
1999 Sumica Local Recreation Area (V) 2
2012 Bombing Range Ridge Carl Project Macrosite Fee Bombing Range (V) <1
2013 Kissimmee Valley Lca (7) Easement (V) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Avon Park Air Force Range-Bombing Range Ridge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/avon-park-air-force-range-bombing-range-ridge-iba-usa on 14/12/2024.