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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
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

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA 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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate coniferous	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bonaventure Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bonaventure-island-iba-canada on 04/10/2023.