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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
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus	VU	breeding	2001	min 81 individuals	A1, A4ii

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

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: Senkaku islands - Marine (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/senkaku-islands--marine-iba-japan on 22/11/2024.