• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus	EN	non-breeding (1999)	2,032 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	Bligh Island Marine Park	A - Park (II)	5
1995	Catala Island Marine Park	A - Park (II)	1
1996	Nuchatlitz Park	A - Park (III)	1
1996	Santa Gertrudis-Boca Del Infierno Park	A - Park (II)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nootka Island banks (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nootka-island-banks-iba-canada on 25/12/2024.