Yakutat Bay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris NT breeding (1974–2009) 2,235 birds A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yakutat Bay (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yakutat-bay-iba-usa on 19/12/2024.