BirdLife Data Zone

CA396

Bonaventure Island

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IBA Criteria

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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	1999	37,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	unknown	1978	10,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	-	50,000-99,999 breeding pairs	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.

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IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Parc national de l'Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé	Parc national du Québec	580	protected area contained by site	980
Colonie d'oiseaux en falaise de l'Île Bonaventure	Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur falaise	76	protected area contained by site	79
Bonaventure Island And Percé Rock Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	1,361	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	1,299	protected area overlaps with site	980
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de l'Île Bonaventure Sud 19-02-04	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	243	protected area contained by site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate coniferous forest	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bonaventure Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.