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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
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus	NT	breeding (1985)	25,800 pairs	A4ii
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	breeding (1985)	26,200 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1985)	50,000-99,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Gwaii Haanas	National Marine Conservation Area Reserve (II)	9
1988	Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve Of Canada And Haida Heritage Site	National Park (II)	10
2010	Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve & Haida Heritage Site	National Marine Conservation Area (V)	77

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

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 23/12/2024.