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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1992	60,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1992	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.

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)
Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Pointe Saint-Pierre (Percé)	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	1,608	protected area overlaps with site	160

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Open sea	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs & rocky shores	-
Marine Neritic		-
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: Cap d'Espoir. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.