Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | LC | breeding | 1986 | 2,432 breeding pairs | A4i |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve | Ecological Reserve | 232 | protected area overlaps with site | 110 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | Scrub | - |
Grassland | Edaphic grassland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats | - |
Sea | Open sea | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rocky flats & barrens | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Chain Islets and Great Chain Islet. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2021.