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LOUISIANA IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or
recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for
public viewing.
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Name |
Status |
Priority |
Counties |
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1.
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Active Delta (Mississippi River Birdsfoot Delta) |
Recognized |
Global |
Plaquemines
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2.
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Atchafalaya Basin |
Recognized |
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Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Iberia, Iberville, LaFourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge
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3.
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Atchafalaya Delta |
Recognized |
Global |
Assumption, St. Mary, Terrebonne
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4.
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Barataria Terrebonne |
Recognized |
Global |
Assumption, Jefferson, LaFourche, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, Terrebonne
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5.
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Caddo Cross Lakes |
Potential |
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Caddo
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6.
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Catahoula-Dewey Wills-Three Rivers |
Recognized |
Global |
Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, La Salle, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, West Feliciana
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7.
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Chandeleur Islands (Breton National Wildlife Refuge) |
Recognized |
Global |
Plaquemines, St. Bernard
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8.
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Chenier Plain |
Recognized |
Global |
Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary, Vermilion
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9.
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East Delta Plain |
Nominated |
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Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany
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10.
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East Kisatchie |
Recognized |
Global |
Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Red River, Winn
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11.
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Isles Dernieres-Timbalier Islands |
Recognized |
Global |
Terrebonne
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12.
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Lake Martin |
Recognized |
Global |
Lafayette, St. Martin
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13.
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Lake Pontchartrain |
Recognized |
Global |
Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa
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14.
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Mississippi River |
Nominated |
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Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Tensas, West Carroll
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15.
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Red River |
Nominated |
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Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River
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16.
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Toledo Bend |
Potential |
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De Soto, Sabine, Vernon
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17.
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Upper Ouachita |
Nominated |
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Morehouse, Union
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18.
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West Kisatchie |
Recognized |
Global |
Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon
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19.
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West Pontchartrain-Maurepas Swamp |
Recognized |
Continental |
Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Livingston, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa
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