St Lazaria Island Colony


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel Hydrobates furcatus LC breeding 1974-2009 180,858 individuals A4i
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous VU breeding 1974-2009 203,464 individuals A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1970 Saint Lazaria Wilderness <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St Lazaria Island Colony (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-lazaria-island-colony-iba-usa on 25/11/2024.