Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Forest | Temperate coniferous forest | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bonaventure Island. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2021.