CA230
Brier Island and Offshore Waters


IBA Justification

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 at site IBA criteria triggered
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage - 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ventral Bog Sites of Ecological Interest 24 protected area contained by site 25
Peajack Road Brier Island Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands 392 protected area contained by site 410
Gull Rock Road Brier Island Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands 9 protected area contained by site 10
Central Grove Provincial Park 12 protected area contained by site 13
Briar Island Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancy of Canada Lands 377 protected area contained by site 380

Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest Temperate mixed -
Shrubland Scrub -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research -
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -
For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Brier Island and Offshore Waters. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11229 on 30/05/2023.