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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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding (1997)	15 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1937	Prince Edward Island National Park Of Canada	National Park (II)	16
1994	Deroche Pond Sand Dunes Natural Area	Provincially Owned Natural Area (III)	<1
1995	Deroche Pond Natural Area	Privately Owned Natural Area (III)	<1
1995	Deroche Pond Natural Area	Privately Owned Natural Area (III)	<1
1995	Deroche Pond Natural Area	Privately Owned Natural Area (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	35
Artificial/Terrestrial	30	Urban parks & gardens
Marine Intertidal	15
Wetlands (inland)	10	Bogs; Freshwater lakes & pools; Freshwater marshes & swamps
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	5
Shrubland	5	Scrub

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: PEI National Park (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pei-national-park-iba-canada on 26/12/2024.