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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
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	LC	breeding	1989	20,303 nests	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	-	20,000-49,999 nests	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)
Limestone Islands Provincial Park (Nature Reserve Class)	Provincial Park	450	protected area contains site	0
Limestone Islands	Wildlife Management Area	64	protected area overlaps with site	8

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Limestone Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.