Withlacoochee-Panasoffkee-Big Scrub


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
Florida Scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens VU resident 2000 67 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
2007 WRP_Citrus, FL (12017) Environmental System 45


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Withlacoochee-Panasoffkee-Big Scrub (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/withlacoochee-panasoffkee-big-scrub-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.