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The site was identified as important 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
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	LC	winter	1998	6,030 individuals	A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	winter	1995	22 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1983	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2008	Whitehorse Island	Protected Natural Area	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.