Cape Peirce & Cape Newenham Colonies


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla VU breeding 1974-2009 108,459 individuals A4i
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata LC breeding 1974-2009 85,145 individuals A4ii
Common Murre Uria aalge LC breeding 1974-2009 288,590 individuals A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1980 Togiak National Wildlife Refuge 74
1980 Togiak National Wildlife Refuge 10


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Peirce & Cape Newenham Colonies (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-peirce-&-cape-newenham-colonies-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.