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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli	VU	breeding	2005	35 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Slide Mountain	State Resource Management Area	8
-	Big Indian	State Resource Management Area	5
-	Sundown	State Resource Management Area	4
-	Indian Head	State Resource Management Area	3
-	West Kill Mountain	State Resource Management Area	3
-	Cherry Ridge	Wild Forest	3
-	Balsam Lake Mountain	State Recreation Area	2
-	Willowemoc	Wild Forest	2
-	Hunter Mountain	State Resource Management Area	2
-	Blackhead Range	State Resource Management Area	2
-	Kaaterskill	State Resource Management Area	2
-	Dry Brook Ridge	State Resource Management Area	1
-	Middle Mountain	State Resource Management Area	1
-	Phoenicia	Wild Forest	1
-	Halcott Mountain	State Resource Management Area	1
-	Windham High Peak	State Resource Management Area	1
-	Willowemoc	State Resource Management Area	1
-	Beaverkill Arcadia	Private Conservation	<1
-	Border Shand / West Kill	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Shandaken	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Border Blackhead / Colgate	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Middle Mountain	Wild Forest	<1
-	NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation FP	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Border Kate	State Recreation Area	<1
-	Sundown	Wild Forest	<1
-	Shandaken	Wild Forest	<1
-	Border Windham / Blackhead	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation FP	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Border Hunter / West Kill	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Overlook	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	State	Forest Preserve	<1
-	Border Blackhead / Kaaterskill	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Border Overlook / Indian Head	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Kingston City W W WSL	Watershed Protection Area	<1
-	Phoenicia	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Hunter Water Supply Corp WSL	Watershed Protection Area	<1
-	Dry Brook Ridge	State Other or Unknown	<1
-	State	Reforestation Area	<1
-	Town of Roxbury WSL	Watershed Protection Area	<1
-	Kaaterskill	Wild Forest	<1
-	Berg	Private Conservation	<1
-	Simpson Ski Slope	State Resource Management Area	<1
-	Slide Mountain	Wilderness	-
-	Roxbury Run Corp WSL	Watershed Protection Area	<1
-	Colgate Lake	Wild Forest	<1
-	Beaverkill Mountain Corporation	Private Conservation	<1
-	Hunter Mountain	Wild Forest	<1
1976	Woodstock Guild	Private Conservation	<1
2007	Catskill Mountains	Private Conservation Land	<1
2010	NYC DEP-Public Access Area per Cooperative Agreement	Public Access	<1
2010	New York City Watershed	Conservation Easement	<1
2010	NYC DEP-Public Access Area per Cooperative Agreement 3	Public Access	<1
2010	NYC DEP-Public Access Area per Cooperative Agreement 4	Public Access	<1
2011	NYC DEP-Public Access Area per Cooperative Agreement 2	Public Access	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Catskills Peaks Area (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/catskills-peaks-area-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.