Icy Bay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus EN breeding (2007) 12 birds A1
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris NT breeding (2007) 252 birds A1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Icy Bay (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/icy-bay-iba-usa on 25/12/2024.