Welcome to Audubon's Arizona Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program website!!

Upcoming IBA Events:

Patagonia Mountains Survey (IBA volunteers needed)

September 17 (evening) -18 (midday) 2010, Friday-Saturday: Broad-scale survey of valleys, canyons and mountain trails in Patagonia Mountains. Multiple IBA Teams will cover survey locations (1-2 km transects). Primitive car camping one night at Finley and Adams Canyon. Call the TAS-IBA office to sign-up, (520) 629-0510 x7004.

Arizona IBA Bird Survey Database, hosted by the Tucson Audubon Society.

Arizona IBA Bird Survey Data Entry (valid login required)

Submit Survey & IBA Images and Videos (Max. 30 Mb, or < 45 sec. video) (valid login required)

The AZ IBA Program Avian Science Initiative

This is the program's initiative to collect science-based ornithological data in order to:

1. Rigorously identify IBAs in Arizona through review by our AZ IBA Program Science Committee,
   
2. Contribute ornithological inventory and monitoring data to Arizona Game and Fish Department, through the Coordinated Bird Monitoring Program of the Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative, and
   
3. Provide site and species specific ornithological survey results to our agency and land manager partners in order to benefit the conservation of avian species of conservation concern.

The AZ IBA Bird Survey Database is an evolving project. The database is expected to be constantly improved upon over time.

Access to enter data into the AZ IBA Bird Survey Database is through an assigned password provided by contacting the IBA office at Tucson Audubon Society, Jennie MacFarland (520) 629-0510 x7005.

In order to obtain more specific information about forming or joining IBA Bird Survey Team, bird survey training workshops, protocols employed in the surveys, and survey designs, please contact the IBA Program office at Tucson Audubon Society (520) 629-0510 x7004.

Photo: Jim Prudente

IBA Program Resources

Conducting Bird Surveys (2010 datasheets):

AZ IBA Bird Survey Protocol Document
Line Transect Datasheet
Point Count Datasheet
Point Count (100m, 5 min.) Datasheet
Area Search
Census Datasheet
Nocturnal Datasheet
Code Sheet
Universal Coversheet
Survey Time Periods and General Dates for Transects, Area Search, Point Counts and Census
Species Codes

IBA Nomination Materials:

IBA Nomination Form (Sept. 2009)
Bird Data Form Extra
IBA Site Criteria (2009)
Land Ownership Guidelines
Arizona Special Status Species 2009

Current Arizona IBA information & AZ WatchList

Arizona IBAs
Potential future AZ IBAs
Recognized IBAs in Arizona (formal IBA recognition event held)
WatchList/SGCN Species for Arizona

Survey Species DENSITY Daily Report (valid login required)

Survey Location and Species DENSITY Summary Report (valid login required)

Avian Community Investigations of the BHP Billiton San Pedro River Riparian Corridor, San Manuel, Arizona, for 2009 (pdf report, 15mb) Newly released April 2010!

The Arizona Important Bird Areas Program is co-administered by:

Audubon Arizona (Tice Supplee, Director of Bird Conservation) and Tucson Audubon Society (Scott Wilbor, AZ IBA Program Conservation Biologist, and Jennie MacFarland, IBA Program Assistant at Tucson Audubon Society).

The Arizona IBA Program, Avian Science Initiative is led by the Arizona IBA Program at Tucson Audubon Society. This website and the AZ IBA Bird Survey Database linked within it are administered by Tucson Audubon Society.

To participate in science-based IBA bird surveys managed by Audubon's IBA Program in Arizona, including surveys at potential IBAs, existing IBAs, or at sites of interest to Audubon chapters in AZ, please contact Scott Wilbor, AZ IBA Program Conservation Biologist at Tucson Audubon Society (520) 629-0510 x7004.

To inquire about the AZ IBA Program in general, including the IBA nomination and review process, the AZ IBA Science Committee, IBAs identified to date, and IBA recognition & publicity, as well as Audubon state policy issues, please contact Tice Supplee, Director of Bird Conservation at Audubon Arizona (620) 468-6470 x106.

Additionally, both IBA Program offices in Arizona work on issues and specific projects for the conservation of Important Bird Areas in Arizona . The IBA Program works with people to promote win-win-win objectives for people, wildlife, communities, and sustainable economies.

The AZ IBA Program also works in partnership with the Arizona Game and Fish Department (through the Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative), the Sonoran Joint Venture, the Intermountain West Joint Venture, Arizona State Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, BLM, land trusts, and various non-governmental organizations, colleges, and universities.

See Arizona IBA Program web pages at:

http://www.tucsonaudubon.org/azibaprogram

http://az.audubon.org/BirdSci.html

Tucson Audubon Society

For IBA site information in Arizona:

http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/index.html