Beaufort Sea Nearshore


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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU breeding (1974–2009) 289,260 birds A4i
King Eider Somateria spectabilis LC breeding (1974–2009) 5,385 birds A4i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata LC breeding (1974–2009) 832 birds A4i
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus LC breeding (1974–2009) 36,728 birds A4i
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea LC breeding (1974–2009) 10,325 birds A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1960 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (IV) 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beaufort Sea Nearshore (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beaufort-sea-nearshore-iba-usa on 06/12/2024.