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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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding (1988)	5,485 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1988)	10,000-19,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1964	Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (II)	19

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape St. Mary's (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-st.-marys-iba-canada on 24/12/2024.