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The site was identified as important in 2016 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-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris	LC	breeding	1994-2016	min 85,865 individuals	A4i
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata	LC	breeding	2015-2016	min 414,281 nests	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1965	Yagishirito	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	<1
1972	Soya-Rumoi Oki Kaiiki	指定海域	-
1972	Soya-Abashiri Oki Kaiiki	指定海域	-
1973	Soya tobu	沿岸水産資源開発区域	2
1973	Soya seibu	沿岸水産資源開発区域	1
1973	Rirei	沿岸水産資源開発区域	1
1974	Rishiri rebun sarobetsu	国立公園	<1
1976	Rumoi hamamasu	沿岸水産資源開発区域	2
1976	Abashiri	沿岸水産資源開発区域	2
1976	Rumoi hokubu	沿岸水産資源開発区域	2
1976	Teuri yagishiri	沿岸水産資源開発区域	<1
1982	Teurito	国指定鳥獣保護区	<1
1990	Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri	国定公園	<1
1994	Onishi	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	<1
2013	Common fishery right area(Hokkaido)	共同漁業権区域	26

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Hokkaido - Marine (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-hokkaido--marine-iba-japan on 23/11/2024.