CA091
Goose Island Group and Banks


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in - because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Hakai Conservation Study Area Protected Area 545 protected area overlaps with site 17,000

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest Temperate coniferous -
Grassland Steppe & dry calcareous -
Wetlands (inland) Bogs -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Goose Island Group and Banks. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/goose-island-group-and-banks-iba-canada on 01/10/2023.