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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	LC	breeding	1988	125 breeding pairs	A4i
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens	LC	breeding	1988	2,273 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Rugged Point Marine Park	A - Park	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate coniferous	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kyuquot Channel Islets (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kyuquot-channel-islets-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.