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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
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	LC	breeding (1988)	125 pairs	A4i
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens	LC	breeding (1988)	2,273 pairs	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Rugged Point Marine Park	A - Park (II)	2

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

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 23/12/2024.