Kagamil Island 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-winged Gull Larus glaucescens LC non-breeding (1974–2009) 8,525 birds A4i
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea LC breeding (1974–2009) 57,355 birds A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kagamil Island Marine (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kagamil-island-marine-iba-usa on 23/12/2024.