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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	breeding	1992	60,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1992	50,000-99,999 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
2005	Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques de la Pointe Saint-Pierre (Percé)	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		92
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cap d'Espoir (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cap-despoir-iba-canada on 24/11/2024.