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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata	LC	passage (1979)	30,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1979)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Gitxaala Nii Luutiksm/Kitkatla Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	19
2008	Kennedy Island Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	2
2008	Ksgaxl/Stephens Island Group Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kitkatla Channel, Goschen Island North to Porcher Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kitkatla-channel-goschen-island-north-to-porcher-island-iba-canada on 18/12/2024.