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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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii

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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Placentia Bay (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/placentia-bay-iba-canada on 03/12/2024.