Goat Island NWR


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
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous VU breeding 1988 max 102,060 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
1935 Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge 26
1970 Oregon Island Wilderness 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Goat Island NWR (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/goat-island-nwr-iba-usa on 22/11/2024.