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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 (1997)	415 nests	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Bird Islands	Sites of Ecological Interest (Ia)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	80
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
not utilised	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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