WHSRN List of Sites
"WHSRN brings attention to sites that are vital for the conservation of the hemisphere's longest-distance migrants."
Brad Andres, Coordinator, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
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| COUNTRY | SITE | CATEGORY | STATE/ PROVINCE |
HECTARES (ACRES) |
| Argentina | Bahía de San Antonio | International | Río Negro |
65,500 |
| Costa Atlántica de Tierra del Fuego | Hemispheric | Tierra del Fuego |
28,600 |
|
| Estuario del río Gallegos | International | Santa Cruz |
4,300 |
|
| Laguna Mar Chiquita | Hemispheric | Córdoba |
1,060,000 |
|
| Bahía Samborombón | International | Buenos Aires |
250,000 |
|
| Brazil | Lagoa do Peixe | International | Rio Grande do Sul |
34,400 |
| Reentrâncias Maranhenses | Hemispheric | Maranhão |
2,680,911 |
|
| Canada | Bay of Fundy | Hemispheric | New Brunswick Nova Scotia |
62,000 |
| Beaverhill Lake | Regional | Alberta |
14,310 |
|
| Chaplin/Old Wives/Reed Lakes | Hemispheric | Saskachewan |
42,680 |
|
| Fraser River Estuary | Hemispheric | British Columbia |
31,648 |
|
| Last Mountain Lake NWA | Regional | Saskatchewan |
21,638 |
|
| Quill Lakes | International | Saskatchewan |
63,500 |
|
| Chile | Bahía Lomas | Hemispheric | Municipality of Primavera, Magallanic & Antarctic Region |
58,946 |
| Humedal del río Lluta | Regional | Arica |
31 |
|
| Humedales Orientales de Chiloé | Hemispheric | Province of Chiloé |
1,900 |
|
| Colombia | Delta del Río Iscuandé | Regional | Nariño Department |
4,000 |
| Ecuador | Lagunas de ECUASAL | Regional | Guayas Province |
1,300 |
| Mexico | Bahía de Santa María | Hemispheric | Sinaloa |
53,140 |
| Bahía Magdalena | Regional | Baja California Sur |
187,500 |
|
| Complejo Lagunar San Quintín | Regional | Baja California |
37,752 |
|
| Ensenada de la Paz | Regional | Baja California Sur |
194 |
|
| Ensenada de Pabellones | International | Sinaloa |
45,000 |
|
| Estero Río Colorado | International | Sonora & Baja California |
240,000 |
|
| Complejo Lagunar Ojo de Liebre - Guerrero Negro | Hemispheric | Baja California Sur |
163,765 |
|
| Lago de Cuitzeo | Regional | Michoacan |
44,000 |
|
| Llano de la Soledad | International | Nuevo León, Coahuila |
9,000 |
|
| Marismas Nacionales | International | Nayarit Sinaloa |
220,000 |
|
| Playa Ceuta | Regional | Sinaloa |
1,500 |
|
| Lago Texcoco | Regional | Mexico |
10,000 |
|
| Complejo San Ignacio | International | Baja California Sur |
110,000 |
|
| Pastizales de Janos y Ascensión | Regional | Chihuahua |
544,000 |
|
| Sistema Lagunar Huizache-Caimanero | Regional | Sinaloa |
18,000 |
|
| Mexico-United States | Laguna Madre | International | Tamaulipas, Mexico & Texas, USA |
665,936 |
| Panama | Upper Bay of Panama | Hemispheric | Panama Province |
48,919 |
| Paraguay | Bahía de Asunción | Regional | Asunción |
522 |
| Peru | Reserva Nacional de Paracas | Regional | Pisco |
335,000 |
| Manglares de San Pedro de Vice | Regional | Sechura - Piura |
3,013 |
|
| Suriname | Bigi Pan | Hemispheric | Nickerie and Coronie Districts |
68,320 |
| Coppename Monding | Hemispheric | Saramacca District |
12,000 |
|
| Wia Wia | Hemispheric | Commewijne District |
36,000 |
|
| United States | Altamaha River Delta | Regional | Georgia |
8,549 |
| Anahuac NWR | International | Texas |
13,759 |
|
| Benton Lake NWR | Regional | Montana |
5,011 |
|
| Bolivar Flats | International | Texas |
464 |
|
| Bowdoin NWR | Regional | Montana |
6,293 |
|
| Cabo Rojo Salt Flats | Regional | Puerto Rico |
505 |
|
| Cape Romain NWR | International | South Carolina |
25,900 |
|
| Chautauqua NWR | Regional | Illinois |
1,816 |
|
| Cheyenne Bottoms | Hemispheric | Kansas |
10,978 |
|
| Columbia River Estuary | Regional | Washington/Oregon |
10,600 |
|
| Copper River Delta | Hemispheric | Alaska |
151,256 |
|
| Delaware Bay | Hemispheric | New Jersey Delaware |
21,208 |
|
| Edwin B. Forsythe NWR | Regional | New Jersey |
18,382 |
|
| Elkhorn Slough | Regional | California |
1,416 |
|
| [The] Grasslands | International | California |
78,476 |
|
| Grays Harbor Estuary | Hemispheric | Washington |
24,346 |
|
| [The] Great Marsh | Regional | Massachusetts |
10,117 |
|
| Great Salt Lake | Hemispheric | Utah |
418,444 |
|
| Greater Skagit and Stillaguamish Delta | Regional | Washington |
37,000 |
|
| Humboldt Bay Complex | International | California |
19,500 |
|
| J. Clark Salyer NWR | Regional | North Dakota |
23,876 |
|
| Kachemak Bay | International | Alaska |
94,074 |
|
| Kellys Slough NWR | Regional | North Dakota |
1,552 |
|
| Kvichak Bay | Regional | Alaska |
140,800 |
|
| Lahontan Valley Wetlands | Hemispheric | Nevada |
89,031 |
|
| Lake Erie Marsh Region | Regional |
Ohio Michigan |
16,187 |
|
| Long Lake NWR | Regional | North Dakota |
9,020 |
|
| Maryland-Virginia Barrier Islands | International |
Maryland Virginia |
20,725 |
|
| Mono Lake | International | Caliornia |
16,592 |
|
| Monomoy NWR | Regional | Massachusetts |
3,077 |
|
| Nushagak Bay | Regional | Alaska |
108,500 |
|
| Quivira NWR | Regional | Kansas |
8,957 |
|
| Rainwater Basin | Hemispheric | Nebraska |
1,590,795 |
|
| Sacramento Valley | International | California |
249,750 |
|
| Salt Plains NWR | Regional | Oklahoma |
12,961 |
|
| San Francisco Bay | Hemispheric | California |
22,489 |
|
| Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR | Regional | California |
15,216 |
|
| South San Diego Bay | Regional | California |
1,594 |
|
| South Texas Salt Lakes | International | Texas |
733 |
|
| Springfield Bottoms / American Falls Reservoir | Regional | Idaho |
35,167 |
|
| Squaw Creek NWR | Regional | Missouri |
3,013 |
|
| Swan Lake NWR | Regional | Missouri |
4,452 |
|
| Texas Mid-Coast NWR Complex | International | Texas |
28,261 |
|
| Yukon Delta NWR | Hemispheric | Alaska |
2,300,000 |
|
| Uruguay | Laguna de Rocha | Regional | Department of Rocha |
16,500 |
