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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1995	600,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1995	1,170,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akpatok Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akpatok-island-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.