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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
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	LC	winter (1998)	6,030 birds	A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	winter (1995)	22 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1983)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Whitehorse Island	Protected Natural Area (Ia)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quoddy Region (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quoddy-region-iba-canada on 26/12/2024.