Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis LC passage - present A4i
Whooping Crane Grus americana EN passage - present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.



Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hiwassee-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.