Izembek-Moffet-Kinzarof Lagoons


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Brent Goose Branta bernicla LC passage 2001 150,000 unknown A4i
Emperor Goose Anser canagicus LC passage 2001 10,000 unknown A1, A4i
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri VU passage 2001 75,000 unknown A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1932 Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge 13
1972 Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 48
1972 Izembek Refuge 33
1980 East Wilderness 19
1980 West Wilderness 13
1986 Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 70


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Izembek-Moffet-Kinzarof Lagoons (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/izembek-moffet-kinzarof-lagoons-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.