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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
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1999	3,000 nests	A4i

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
-	Swan Pelican	Protective Forest	49

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools, Freshwater marshes & swamps	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Spruce Island Reef (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/spruce-island-reef-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.