Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2013 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
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii LC resident (-) present A4i
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis EN - (-) present A1
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii LC breeding (-) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1993 Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (IV) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bill-williams-river-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.