Lower Salt and Gila Riparian Ecosystem


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2011 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
Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans LC - - present A4i
Neotropical Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum LC breeding - present A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Robbins Butte Wildlife Area 6
- Powers Butte Wildlife Area 3
- Arlington Wildlife Area 1
- Base and Meridian Wildlife Area 1
- Green Tract Waterfowl <1
- Sovereign Land Transfer Habitat <1
- GSA Tract Small Game Habitat <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Salt and Gila Riparian Ecosystem (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-salt-and-gila-riparian-ecosystem-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.