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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
Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta	EN	breeding	2004	60 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
-	Great Bay	Wildlife Management Area	<1
1989	Great Bay	National Estuarine Research Reserve	85
1989	Crommet & Lubberland Creek	Private Conservation Land	1
1992	Great Bay	National Wildlife Refuge	2
1998	Great Bay Shoreline South	Shoreline	<1
1999	Great Bay Megasite	Private Conservation Land	<1
2000	Sandy Point/Parson Hill	Private Conservation Land	<1
2000	Sandy Point/Squamscott River	Private Conservation Land	<1
2001	Great Bay Megasite	Private Conservation Land	1
2003	Squamscott River	Private Conservation Land	<1
2005	Lamprey River	Environmental System	<1
2006	Lamprey River	Private Conservation Land	<1
2007	Sandy Point/Squamscott River	Private Conservation Land	<1
2008	Great Bay Shoreline South	Shoreline	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Bay (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-bay-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.