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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Batture aux Alouettes	Faunal Habitat (VI)	98
2002	Réserve de parc national du Cap-Wolstenholme	Réserve de parc national du Québec (II)	87

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Digges Sound (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/digges-sound-iba-canada on 01/01/2025.