Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis NT resident (-) present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (category) % coverage of IBA
1939 Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge (IV) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/piedmont-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 03/12/2024.