Central Seward Peninsula


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis NT breeding 1999 3,760 individuals A1, A2, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1980 Bering Land Bridge National Park National Park 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Seward Peninsula (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-seward-peninsula-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.