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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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	resident (1994)	50,000 birds	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	unknown (1994)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1919	Rochers aux Oiseaux Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ia)	53
1919	Rochers aux Oiseaux Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ia)	<1
1919	Bird Rocks	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ia)	56
1993	Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île du Rocher aux Oiseaux (Grosse-)	Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-	Steppe & dry calcareous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Les rochers aux Oiseaux (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/les-rochers-aux-oiseaux-iba-canada on 24/12/2024.