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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1992	454 individuals	A4i

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)
Point Michaud Beach	Provincial Park	61	protected area contained by site	0
Point Michaud Beach	Operational Parks and Reserves	62	protected area contained by site	62
Point Michaud	Protected Beach	120	protected area contained by site	120
Point Michaud	Sites of Ecological Interest	3	protected area contained by site	3
Basque Islands	Nature Reserve	6	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate coniferous forest	-
Sea	Sea inlets	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Basque Islands and Michaud Point. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.