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Digges Sound


IBA Justification

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
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia LC breeding 1992 287,000 breeding pairs A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1989-1992 100,000-499,999 individuals A4iii

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Batture aux Alouettes Faunal Habitat 98
2002 Réserve de parc national du Cap-Wolstenholme Réserve de parc national du Québec 87

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Neritic -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Digges Sound (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/digges-sound-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.