Northern Head and South Head (Canada) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Northern Head and South Head

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1999	350 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Port Morien	Protected Beach	1
-	Schooner	Protected Beach	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		70
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Head and South Head (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-head-and-south-head-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.