Kahiltna Flats-Petersville Road


IBA Justification

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
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator LC breeding 2000 407 unknown A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1988 Kroto And Moose Creek Recreation River 9


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kahiltna Flats-Petersville Road (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kahiltna-flats-petersville-road-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.