Rumstick/Jacobs Points


IBA Justification

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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Jacobs Point Private Conservation 29
- Claire D. McIntosh Refuge 5
- Rumstick Point Private Conservation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rumstick/Jacobs Points (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rumstick-jacobs-points-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.