Englefield Bay Islands (Canada) IBA | Details

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Englefield Bay Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel Hydrobates furcatus	LC	breeding (1986)	24,275 pairs	A4ii
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata	LC	breeding (1986)	19,670 pairs	A4ii
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus	NT	breeding (1986)	15,870 pairs	A4ii
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	breeding (1986)	18,670 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (-)	100,000-499,999 pairs	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Daawuuxusda Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	80

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Englefield Bay Islands (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/englefield-bay-islands-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.