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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Duke Of Edinburgh (Pine/Storm/Tree Islands) Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate coniferous	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.