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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Pelican Islands Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	9

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

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 23/12/2024.