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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
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens	LC	breeding (1986)	2,432 pairs	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	79

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Grassland	-	Edaphic
Shrubland	-	Scrub

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chain Islets and Great Chain Islet (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chain-islets-and-great-chain-islet-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.