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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
Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile	LC	breeding	1974-2009	2,500 individuals	A4i
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula	LC	breeding	1974-2009	34,000 individuals	A4ii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	Alaska Maritime	National Wildlife Refuge	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St Paul Island Colony (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-paul-island-colony-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.