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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1997	60,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	50,000-99,999 individuals	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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve Of Canada	National Park	15,070	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mingan Archipelago	National Park of Canada	15,070	protected area overlaps with site	19
Mingan	Salmon River - Quebec	4,592	protected area overlaps with site	120
Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île du Parc Mingan, Île le Pain de Sucre (196)	Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île	5	protected area contained by site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques du Nord-Est de l'Île Moutange	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	86	protected area contained by site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Petite Romaine (anc. Île Moniac)	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	395	protected area contained by site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Batture Pte du Cure	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	752	protected area is adjacent to site	13
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la batture Mingan Ouest	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	301	protected area overlaps with site	160
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Batture Est de la Rivière Romaine	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	1,297	protected area overlaps with site	410
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Batture de la rivière Romaine	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	762	protected area overlaps with site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la batture de la Rivière Mingan	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	591	protected area overlaps with site	360
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Batture de l'Île à Gazon	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	652	protected area overlaps with site	350
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de l'Île du Havre de Mingan (nord)	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	141	protected area contained by site	0
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de l'Anse à Nadeau	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	555	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Open sea	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Eaux de l'archipel de Mingan. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.