The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):Species | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
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Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | breeding | 1992 | 302 individuals | A4i |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Marine Intertidal | - | |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Harbour Rocks. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/harbour-rocks-iba-canada on 10/12/2023.