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 |
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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.