Yoakum Dunes Preserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 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
Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus VU resident (-) present A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2007 Yoakum Dunes Fee Private Conservation Land (V) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yoakum Dunes Preserve (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yoakum-dunes-preserve-iba-usa on 22/12/2024.