Current view: Data table and detailed info
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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Schooner
|
Protected Beach (III) |
<1 |
| - |
Port Morien
|
Protected Beach (III) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
70 |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
30 |
|
| 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 23/12/2024.
