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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1990	30,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Forillon National Park Of Canada	National Park	<1
1974	Forillon	National Park of Canada	2
1975	Estuaire de la Rivière Dartmouth	Wildlife Habitat, Waterfowl Gathering Area	3
1992	York	Salmon River - Quebec	<1
1992	Saint - Jean 2	Salmon River - Quebec	<1
1992	Dartmouth	Salmon River - Quebec	<1
1993	Embouchure de la Rivière Saint-Jean	Faunal Habitat	2
1993	Pointe de Sandy Beach	Faunal Habitat	<1
2005	Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Baie de Penouille 18-13-07	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	<1
2006	Réserve naturelle de l'Estuaire-de-la-Rivière-York	Réserve naturelle reconnue	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater marshes & swamps	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baie de Gaspé (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baie-de-gaspé-iba-canada on 24/11/2024.