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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
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli	VU	breeding	-	250-999 individuals	A1

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	Réserve écologique Samuel-Brisson	Réserve écologique	9
1994	Parc national du Mont-Mégantic	Parc national du Québec	63
2005	Habitat du rat musqué de Scotstown Bog	Habitat faunique : Habitat du rat musqué	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate coniferous, Temperate deciduous, Temperate mixed	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mont Mégantic (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mont-mégantic-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.