Outer Banks Inshore Ocean


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum LC winter (-) present A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1976 Oregon Inlet Crab Spawning Sanctuary (IV) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Outer Banks Inshore Ocean (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/outer-banks-inshore-ocean-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.