Rowe Sanctuary


IBA Justification

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
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis LC passage 2004 70,000 individuals A4i
Whooping Crane Grus americana EN passage 2004 2 individuals A1

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1996 WRP_Buffalo, NE (31019) Environmental System 7


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rowe Sanctuary (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rowe-sanctuary-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.