Important Bird Areas: Great Basin

The sites listed here come from The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States (2003). The Great Basin region extends from the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains in eastern Washington and Oregon and northeastern California through most of Nevada to southern Idaho and western Utah. Sagebrush and grassland dominate the lowlands, with pinyon-juniper woodlands and ponderosa pine forests higher up. Several large wetland areas host nesting and migrating waterbirds, including Eared Grebes, Snowy Plovers, American Avocets, Wilson's Phalaropes, and the bulk of the continent's White-faced Ibises and California Gulls. The sagebrush desert itself is the home of Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush and Brewer's Sparrows.

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Wenatchee National Forest

Wenatchee National Forest

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Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

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Summer Lake State Wildlife Area, Oregon

Summer Lake State Wildlife Area, Oregon

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Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

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Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

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Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

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Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Goose Lake, Oregon/California

Goose Lake, Oregon/California

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Lake Abert, Oregon

Lake Abert, Oregon

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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

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Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

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Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

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C.J. Strike Wildlife Area, Idaho

C.J. Strike Wildlife Area, Idaho

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American Falls Reservoir, Idaho

American Falls Reservoir, Idaho

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Market Lake Wildlife Management Area, Idaho

Market Lake Wildlife Management Area, Idaho

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Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area, Idaho

Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area, Idaho

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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

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Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah

Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah

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Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, Utah

Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, Utah

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Gillmor Audubon Sanctuary, Utah

Gillmor Audubon Sanctuary, Utah

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Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah

Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah

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Kennecott Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve, Utah

Kennecott Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve, Utah

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Antelope Island State Park, Utah

Antelope Island State Park, Utah

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Franklin Lake, Nevada

Franklin Lake, Nevada

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Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

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Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Great Basin National Park, Nevada

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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, California

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, California

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