CA055
Active Pass


IBA Justification

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') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus LC winter 1995 4,000 individuals A4i
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia LC passage 1995 10,000 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1964 Bellhouse Park A - Park <1
2004 Collinson Point Park A - Park <1

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Active Pass (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/active-pass-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.