• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage (1981)	5,291 birds	A4i
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis	LC	winter (1983)	15,174 birds	A4i
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala	LC	winter (1981)	3,093 birds	A4i
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens	LC	winter (1981)	6,250 birds	A4i
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides	LC	winter (1981)	257 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1956	Rosewall Creek Park	A - Park (II)	1
1977	Qualicum National Wildlife Area	National Wildlife Area (Ia)	1
1989	Boyle Point Park	A - Park (II)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baynes Sound (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baynes-sound-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.