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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
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	breeding	1998	3,150 breeding pairs	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1997	4,400 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1997	2,500-9,999 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
2001	Pelican Islands Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate deciduous	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gull and Sandhill Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gull-and-sandhill-island-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.