Comanche National Grassland


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus VU breeding (1997) 10 A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Lesser-Prairie Chicken Habitat Zoological Area (V) 11


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Comanche National Grassland (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/comanche-national-grassland-iba-usa on 22/12/2024.