Icy Cape Marine


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus LC breeding (1974–2009) 14,127 birds A4i
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus LC breeding (1974–2009) 3,116 birds A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Icy Cape Marine (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/icy-cape-marine-iba-usa on 22/12/2024.