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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri	NT	passage	1999	375,000 unknown	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) 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: St Lawrence Island Polynya (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-lawrence-island-polynya-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.