Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (USA)

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding	1989	3,430-10,000 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1995-2005	527-3,557 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	1982-2005	3,557-10,754 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-romain-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.