Mono Highlands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus NT resident (-) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Ib) 8
- Bodie Wilderness Study Area (Ib) 5
- Mount Biedeman Wilderness Study Area (Ib) 5
- Chidago Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Ib) 2
- Sentinel Meadow Research Natural Area (Ia) 1
- Indiana Summit Research Natural Area (Ia) <1
2014 WRP_Mono, CA (06051) Environmental System (V) <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 14/12/2024.