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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
Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume	VU	breeding	2014-2015	min 352 nests	A1, 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
1959	Odo	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	1
1972	Ashizuri uwakai	国立公園	29
2013	Common fishery right area(Kochi)	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: Seinan islands - Marine (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/seinan-islands--marine-iba-japan on 25/11/2024.