Sugar Creek Valley


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
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea NT breeding (2005) 42 pairs A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Turkey Run State Park (III) 3
- Mossy Point Nature Preserve (V) <1
- Allee Woods Nature Preserves Nature Preserve (V) <1
- Sugar Creek Healthy River Initiative Wildlife Habitat Restoration (V) <1
1969 Shades State Park (III) 1
2007 Sugar Creek Fee Private Conservation Land (V) 3
2009 Lough Ridge C.E. Environmental System (V) <1
2012 WRP_Parke, IN (18121) Conservation Easement (V) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sugar Creek Valley (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sugar-creek-valley-iba-usa on 19/12/2024.