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The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes	NT	breeding	1974-2009	107 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Greater Farallones	National Marine Sanctuary	59
1989	Cordell Bank	National Marine Sanctuary	40
2002	Tomales Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-
2010	Stewarts Point	State Marine Reserve	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mendocino Coast Pelagic, CA (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mendocino-coast-pelagic-ca-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.