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The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Matsudaira's Storm-petrel Hydrobates matsudairae	VU	breeding	2007	min 100,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Common fishery right area(Tokyo)	共同漁業権区域	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kazan-Retto Islands - Marine (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kazan-retto-islands--marine-iba-japan on 23/11/2024.