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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
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis	NT	breeding	2000	301 breeding pairs	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
1966	Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou	State Park	<1
1970	Yellow River Marsh	Aquatic Preserve	1
1970	Rocky Bayou	State Park Aquatic Preserve	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eglin Air Force Base (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eglin-air-force-base-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.