Umnak Pass Colonies


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
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous VU breeding 1981 80,852 individuals A4ii
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata LC breeding 1981 31,929 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
1980 Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge 19


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Umnak Pass Colonies (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/umnak-pass-colonies-iba-usa on 22/11/2024.