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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
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus	NT	breeding (1992)	12,500 pairs	A4ii
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	breeding (1992)	40,000 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1992)	50,000-99,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1973	Vladimir J. Krajina (Port Chanal) Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	14
2008	Duu Guusd Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	45

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hippa Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hippa-island-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.