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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
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens	LC	passage	1997	400,000 individuals	A4i
Black Scoter Melanitta americana	NT	passage	1985	5,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	1997	100,000-499,999 individuals	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
1982	Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	60
1982	Nicolet	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	64
1990	Baie-du-Febvre (La Longue Pointe)	Site Protected by Wildlife Foundation - Quebec	1
1998	Lac Saint Pierre	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2000	Lac Saint-Pierre	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2001	Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques du Refuge de Nicolet	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	40
2005	Habitat du rat musqué du Lac Saint-Pierre S.-E.	Habitat faunique : Habitat du rat musqué	26
2005	Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques Pointe Fer à Cheval - Longue-Pointe	Habitat faunique : Aire de concentration d'oiseaux aquatiques	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Temperate mixed	-
Unknown		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater marshes & swamps	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
military	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nicolet et Baie-du-Fèbvre (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nicolet-et-baie-du-fèbvre-iba-canada on 27/11/2024.