Trustom Pond/Moonstone Beach


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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 - present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Trustom Pond Private Conservation 1
1974 Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge 77
1984 Salt Ponds Region Marine Protected Area 100
1999 Trustom Pond Easement 5
2007 Card'S Pond Easement 3


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Trustom Pond/Moonstone Beach (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/trustom-pond-moonstone-beach-iba-usa on 24/11/2024.