Glacier Bay & Icy Strait


IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012

Populations of IBA trigger species
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) of estimate Population at site IBA criteria triggered
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata LC non-breeding 1974-2009 8,186 individuals A4i
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica LC non-breeding 1974-2009 18,592 individuals A4i
Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus LC non-breeding 1974-2009 1,588 individuals A4i
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus EN breeding 1974-2009 26,945 individuals A4ii
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris NT non-breeding 1974-2009 632 individuals A4ii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness 110,447 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Point Adolphus/Mud Bay LUD II Management Area 47,794 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Lisianski River/Upper Hoonah Sound LUD II Management Area 60,437 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 9,839,121 protected area overlaps with site 0
Icy Strait Fee Private Conservation Land 714 protected area overlaps with site 0
Glacier Bay Wilderness 1,077,108 protected area overlaps with site 0
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve 1,324,780 protected area overlaps with site 0
Chuck River Wilderness 473,243 protected area is adjacent to site 0


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Glacier Bay & Icy Strait. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/31078 on 29/05/2023.