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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
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	LC	breeding (1986)	54 pairs	A4i
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus	EN	non-breeding (1993)	2,622 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1967	Gibson Marine Park	A - Park (II)	<1
1971	Cleland Island Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	<1
1995	Vargas Island Park	A - Park (II)	15
1995	Flores Island Park	A - Park (II)	4
1995	Epper Passage Park	A - Park (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cleland Island and Southeast Clayoquot Sound (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cleland-island-and-southeast-clayoquot-sound-iba-canada on 25/12/2024.