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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
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus	NT	breeding	2007	278 males	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Owyhee River	Designated - Wild	28
-	South Fork Owyhee River	Designated - Wild	1
-	Battle Creek	Designated - Wild	1
-	North Fork Owyhee River	Designated - Wild	1
-	Deep Creek	Designated - Wild	<1
-	North Fork Owyhee	Designated - Wild	<1
-	Dickshooter Creek	Designated - Wild	<1
-	North Fork Owyhee River	Designated - Recreational	<1
-	Toppin Creek Butte	Area of Critical Environmental Concern	<1
-	Red Canyon	Designated - Wild	<1
-	South Fork Owyhee River	Designated - Recreational	<1
-	South Fork Owyhee River	Wilderness Study Area	<1
-	North Fork Owyhee River	Designated - Recreational	<1
1984	Main Owyhee River	Designated - Wild	<1
1992	Owyhee River Canyon	Wilderness Study Area	4
1992	Lookout Butte	Wilderness Study Area	3
1999	The Badlands	Area of Critical Environmental Concern	<1
2009	North Fork Owyhee	Wilderness	5
2009	Pole Creek	Wilderness	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Owyhee Uplands (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/owyhee-uplands-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.