Fox River Flats


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
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri LC passage (1977) 500,000 unknown A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1972 Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (V) 38
1988 Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area (V) 12
1999 Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (IV) 96


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fox River Flats (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fox-river-flats-iba-usa on 27/12/2024.