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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 (1985)	6,500 pairs	A4ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Gwaii Haanas	National Marine Conservation Area Reserve (II)	3
2008	K'uuna Gwaay Conservancy	Conservancy (II)	37
2010	Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve & Haida Heritage Site	National Marine Conservation Area (V)	13

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Boreal coniferous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laskeek Bay (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laskeek-bay-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.