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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
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding (1998)	600 pairs	A4i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	breeding (1970)	2,000 pairs	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1995)	2,570 pairs	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ia)	16
2012	Sable Island National Park Reserve Of Canada	National Park (II)	6

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Grassland	-	Steppe & dry calcareous

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sable-island-nova-scotia-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.