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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding (1984)	3,360,000 pairs	A4ii
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding (1995)	45,000 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1984)	2,500,000-4,999,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (II)	48

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

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baccalieu Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baccalieu-island-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.