Center Islands


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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC passage (2001) 1,416–1,700 individuals A4i


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Center Islands (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/center-islands-iba-usa on 15/01/2025.