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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
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	breeding (1991)	3,550 pairs	A4ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Gwaii Haanas	National Marine Conservation Area Reserve (II)	9
1988	Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve Of Canada And Haida Heritage Site	National Park (II)	10
2010	Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve & Haida Heritage Site	National Marine Conservation Area (V)	94

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Grassland	-	Steppe & dry calcareous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kunghit Island and Luxana Bay (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kunghit-island-and-luxana-bay-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.