Red Hills Region


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus VU resident (-) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Barber State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (V) <1
1945 Clark Wildlife Area (V) <1
1978 Big Basin Prairie Preserve (V) <1
2009 WRP_Harper, KS (20077) Environmental System (V) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Red Hills Region (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/red-hills-region-iba-usa on 22/12/2024.