Quivira National Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens LC passage - present A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC - - present A4i
Whooping Crane Grus americana EN passage - present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1955 Quivira National Wildlife Refuge 100
2002 Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quivira-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.