St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge


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
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis EN resident - present 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
1971 St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge 78


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st.-johns-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.