CA207
Cape Freels Coastline and Cabot Island


IBA Justification

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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT winter (1995) 25,000 birds A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (-) 20,000-49,999 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Neritic -

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Freels Coastline and Cabot Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-freels-coastline-and-cabot-island-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.