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Marbled Murrelet
Scientific Name: Brachyramphus marmoratus
Thresholds:
- Desolation Sound (BC067)5,000 (max.)
- Cleland Island & Southeast Clayoquot Sound (BC080)4,500 (max.)
- Barkley Sound (BC075)3,406 (max.)
- Nootka Island banks (BC083)2,032 (max.)
- Megin, Moyeha, Watta and Pretty Girl Watersheds (BC081)1,737 (max.)
- Klaskish River and East Creek Watersheds (BC092)1,087 (max.)
- Langara Island (BC003)919 (max.)
- Mussel and Kynoch Inlet and Sheep Passage (BC110)744 (max.)
- Cumshewa Inlet north to Sheldens Bay (BC144)700 (max.)
- Comox Valley (BC014)510 (max.)
- K'ómoks (BC272)510 (max.)
- English Bay, Burrard Inlet & Howe Sound (BC020)470 (max.)
- Tofino Mudflats (BC002)463 (max.)
- White Islets and Wilson Creek (BC025)450 (max.)
- Laskeek Bay (BC143)445 (max.)
- Hesquiat Lake area (BC082)355 (max.)
- Mitlenatch Island (BC065)300 (max.)
- Dodge Point & Gogit Passage Island Chain (BC141)290 (max.)
- Little Qualicum Estuary to Nanoose Bay (BC056)214 (max.)
- Solander Island and Brooks Bay (BC090)213 (max.)
- Carmanah Walbran Forest (BC073)146 (max.)
- Goose Island Group and Banks (BC105)129 (max.)
- Kunghit Island and Luxana Bay (BC136)80 (max.)
- Baynes Sound (BC057)50 (max.)
- Sidney Channel (BC047)50 (max.)
Global
1% of the global population estimate. This threshold is used to identify trigger species and IBAs under categories A4i/ii and A4iv.
Global SAR
A global species-at-risk threshold which is static and standard, based on the IUCN's global species-at-risk status.
Regional/Continental
1% of the regional/continental population estimate.
Sub-regional/National SAR
The sub-regional/national SAR threshold = 1% of the COSEWIC population estimate for the region (provinces/territories) in which the species is listed as being at risk. This threshold is used to identify trigger species and IBAs under criterion C1.
| Desolation Sound (BC067) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 650 | 2015 | Winter |
| 5,000 | 1995 | Summer |
| Cleland Island & Southeast Clayoquot Sound (BC080) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 2,622 | 1993 | Summer |
| 4,500 | 1982 | Summer |
| Barkley Sound (BC075) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 410 - 447 | 2021 | Summer |
| 3,406 | 1982 | Summer |
| Nootka Island banks (BC083) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 327 - 2,032 | 1999 | Summer |
| 352 | 1991 | Summer |
| Megin, Moyeha, Watta and Pretty Girl Watersheds (BC081) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 1,737 | 1997 | Summer |
| 899 | 1996 | Summer |
| 46 | 1991 | Summer |
| Klaskish River and East Creek Watersheds (BC092) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 860 - 1,087 | 1999 | Summer |
| 112 | 1991 | Summer |
| Langara Island (BC003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 919 | 1995 | Summer |
| Mussel and Kynoch Inlet and Sheep Passage (BC110) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 708 | 1998 | Spring |
| 744 | 1991 | Summer |
| 535 | 1991 | Spring |
| 297 | 1990 | Summer |
| 260 | 1990 | Spring |
| Cumshewa Inlet north to Sheldens Bay (BC144) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 147 | 1990 | Summer |
| 268 | 1977 | Summer |
| 700 | 1959 | Summer |
| 400 | 1947 | Summer |
| Comox Valley (BC014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 510 | 2016 | Spring |
| K'ómoks (BC272) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 510 | 2016 | Spring |
| 82 | 2008 | Spring |
| 94 | 2006 | Spring |
| 43 - 60 | 2004 | Spring |
| 46 - 75 | 2003 | Spring |
| 44 | 2002 | Fall |
| English Bay, Burrard Inlet & Howe Sound (BC020) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 470 | 2015 | Fall |
| Tofino Mudflats (BC002) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 419 - 463 | 2018 | Summer |
| 458 | 2017 | Summer |
| White Islets and Wilson Creek (BC025) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 441 | 1993 | Winter |
| 450 | 1992 | Fall |
| Laskeek Bay (BC143) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 445 | 1985 | Summer |
| Hesquiat Lake area (BC082) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 336 - 355 | 1997 | Summer |
| 250 | 1991 | Summer |
| Mitlenatch Island (BC065) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 300 | 1995 | Summer |
| Dodge Point & Gogit Passage Island Chain (BC141) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 290 | 1982 | Summer |
| Little Qualicum Estuary to Nanoose Bay (BC056) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 214 | 1976 | Spring |
| ? | ? | Other |
| Solander Island and Brooks Bay (BC090) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 213 | 1991 | Summer |
| Carmanah Walbran Forest (BC073) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 146 | 1995 | Summer |
| Goose Island Group and Banks (BC105) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 100 | 1990 | Summer |
| 129 | 1988 | Summer |
| Kunghit Island and Luxana Bay (BC136) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 80 | 1986 | Summer |
| Baynes Sound (BC057) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 48 | 2008 | Spring |
| 50 | 1981 | Other |
| Sidney Channel (BC047) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Year | Season |
| 50 | 1995 | Summer |