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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
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	passage (1991)	1,122,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (-)	1,000,000-2,499,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Shepody National Wildlife Area	National Wildlife Area (IV)	4

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	45
Marine Neritic	15
Forest	5	Temperate mixed
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	5
Wetlands (inland)	5	Freshwater marshes & swamps

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shepody Bay West (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shepody-bay-west-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.