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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1992)	454 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Point Michaud Beach	Provincial Park (II)	-
-	Point Michaud	Sites of Ecological Interest (Ia)	<1
-	Point Michaud	Protected Beach (III)	10
-	Point Michaud Beach	Operational Parks and Reserves (-)	5
2017	Basque Islands	Nature Reserve (Ia)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Basque Islands and Michaud Point (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basque-islands-and-michaud-point-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.