Sand Hills State Forest (South Carolina Forest Commission)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis NT resident (2005) 60 nests A1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sand Hills State Forest (South Carolina Forest Commission) (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sand-hills-state-forest-(south-carolina-forest-commission)-iba-usa on 24/12/2024.