Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore mainland (including Donner Point to Dimmick's Point and Glen Arbor Twp beaches) (USA)

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore mainland (including Donner Point to Dimmick's Point and Glen Arbor Twp beaches)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding	2008	22 breeding pairs	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
-	Critical Dune Barrier Dunes	State Habitat Area	12
1970	Sleeping Bear Dunes	National Lakeshore	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore mainland (including Donner Point to Dimmick's Point and Glen Arbor Twp beaches) (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sleeping-bear-dunes-national-lakeshore-mainland-(including-donner-point-to-dimmicks-point-and-glen-arbor-twp-beaches)-iba-usa on 24/11/2024.