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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ventral Bog	Sites of Ecological Interest	24	protected area contained by site	25
Peajack Road Brier Island	Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands	392	protected area contained by site	410
Gull Rock Road Brier Island	Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands	9	protected area contained by site	10
Central Grove	Provincial Park	12	protected area contained by site	13
Briar Island Nature Conservancy	Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands	377	protected area contained by site	380

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate mixed	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Brier Island and Offshore Waters. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023.