Mono Highlands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus NT resident - present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study Area 8
- Bodie Wilderness Study Area 5
- Mount Biedeman Wilderness Study Area 5
- Chidago Canyon Wilderness Study Area 2
- Sentinel Meadow Research Natural Area 1
- Indiana Summit Research Natural Area <1
2014 WRP_Mono, CA (06051) Environmental System <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mono Highlands (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mono-highlands-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.