Amchitka Pass 180W51N


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea LC breeding (1974–2009) 12,847 birds A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Amchitka Pass 180W51N (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/amchitka-pass-180w51n-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.