Bird Key Stono


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC breeding (1988–1996) 4,404–7,958 birds A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (1988–1996) 1,628–3,112 birds A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding (1988–1996) 3,996–10,438 birds A4i


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bird Key Stono (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bird-key-stono-iba-usa on 25/12/2024.