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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	non-breeding	1991	6,160 individuals	A4i
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	LC	passage	1992	8,800 individuals	A4i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Cape Tatnam	Wildlife Management Area	531,190	protected area overlaps with site	57,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pen Islands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pen-islands-iba-canada on 30/09/2023.