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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	passage	1987	12,000 individuals	A4i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	winter	1997	150 individuals	A4i

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	570	protected area overlaps with site	390

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the IUCN 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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mistaken Point. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11205 on 29/05/2023.