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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 Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1999	15,000 individuals	A4i

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Flaherty Islands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-flaherty-islands-iba-canada on 01/10/2023.