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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
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding	1984	3,360,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1995	45,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1984	2,500,000-4,999,999 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	2,300	protected area contained by site	2,200

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs & rocky shores	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Baccalieu Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.