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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
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding	1987	100,000 individuals	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1987	100,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		65
Forest	Temperate coniferous	30
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes & swamps	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bon Portage Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bon-portage-island-iba-canada on 22/11/2024.