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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
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	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)
Saint-Vallier Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	356	protected area contained by site	0
Saint-Vallier	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	363	protected area contained by site	400
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques Pointe Saint-Michel	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	179	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de Saint-Vallier (est)	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	158	protected area contained by site	160
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Pointe Samson	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	100	protected area contained by site	93
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de l'Anse Mercier	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	114	protected area contained by site	140
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de l'Anse de Saint-Vallier	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	286	protected area contained by site	330

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saint-Vallier. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saint-vallier-iba-canada on 03/10/2023.