St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Wood Stork Mycteria americana LC - (-) present A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1990 St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge (IV) 95


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st.-catherine-creek-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.