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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
Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta	EN	breeding	-	present	A1

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Johannis Farm	Private Conservation	3
-	Baron Salt Marsh	Private Conservation	1
-	Palmer Avenue Marsh	Private Conservation	1
-	Almeida	Private Conservation	<1
-	Osprey View Acres	Private Conservation	<1
-	Aurora Neck	Private Conservation	-
-	Orchard Avenue Lot	Private Conservation	-
-	Belcher Cove area	Private Conservation	<1
-	Shepperton Marsh	Private Conservation	<1
-	Grant Woodland	Private Conservation	<1
-	Palmer River	Private Conservation	-
-	Seaview Marsh	Private Conservation	<1
-	Fiedler Marsh	Private Conservation	-
-	Gibbs Land	Private Conservation	<1
-	River Oak	Private Conservation	<1
-	Fillessey	Local Land Trust Preserve	<1
-	DiOrio Marsh	Private Conservation	<1
1989	Swansea Land Trust	Private Conservation	-
1992	Windquist Marsh	Private Conservation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palmer River (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/palmer-river-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.