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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

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	passage	1990	10,000 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.

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Taylor Head	Provincial Park	815	protected area overlaps with site	440
Pumpkin Island	Sites of Ecological Interest	5	protected area contained by site	6
Phoenix Island	Operational Parks and Reserves	165	protected area overlaps with site	140
Little White Island	Sites of Ecological Interest	7	protected area contained by site	8
Eastern Shore Islands	Wildlife Management Area	11,767	protected area overlaps with site	13,000
Brokenback Island	Sites of Ecological Interest	4	protected area contained by site	4

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Eastern Shore Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.