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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus	NT	breeding	1985	25,800 breeding pairs	A4ii
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	breeding	1985	26,200 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1985	50,000-99,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Gwaii Haanas	National Marine Conservation Area Reserve	9
1988	Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve Of Canada And Haida Heritage Site	National Park	10
2010	Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve & Haida Heritage Site	National Marine Conservation Area	77

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Boreal coniferous	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rankine and Langtry Islands (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rankine-and-langtry-islands-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.