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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1997	4,000 individuals	A4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate mixed	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools, Freshwater marshes & swamps	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban & industrial areas, Improved pasture land, Perennial crops, orchards & groves, Arable land, Urban parks & gardens	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Amherst Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11360 on 03/06/2023.