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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata	LC	passage (1989)	52,000 birds	A4i
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis	LC	passage (1979)	4,900 birds	A4i
Surfbird Calidris virgata	LC	passage (1985)	4,500 birds	A4i
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus	EN	non-breeding (1982)	3,406 birds	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1989)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1970	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Of Canada	National Park (II)	4
1971	Baeria Rocks Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barkley Sound (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barkley-sound-iba-canada on 24/12/2024.