Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve (Canada) IBA | Details

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Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel Hydrobates furcatus	LC	breeding (1985)	60,000 pairs	A4ii
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding (1985)	276,600 pairs	A4ii
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata	LC	breeding (1985)	161,600 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1985)	100,000-499,999 pairs	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Duke Of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islands) Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	6

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/duke-of-edinburgh-ecological-reserve-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.