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Baccalieu Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous VU breeding 1984 3,360,000 breeding pairs A4ii
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding 1995 45,000 breeding pairs A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1984 2,500,000-4,999,999 breeding pairs A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve Ecological Reserve 2,300 protected area contained by site 2,200

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Tundra -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baccalieu Island. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baccalieu-island-iba-canada on 19/03/2024.