Medway Plantation


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
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis NT breeding 2004 75 nests A1

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
1991 US-SC-7-6 Environmental System 82
1994 US-SC-7-2 Environmental System 14


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Medway Plantation (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/medway-plantation-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.