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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
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	passage (1992)	45,000 birds	A4i
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	LC	passage (1992)	15,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (-)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1918	Point Pelee National Park Of Canada	National Park (II)	33

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Temperate coniferous
Wetlands (inland)	-	Freshwater marshes & swamps

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: Point Pelee (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/point-pelee-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.