Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Limestone Islands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.