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White Islets and Wilson Creek


IBA Justification

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
Surfbird Calidris virgata LC passage (1987) 1,000 birds A4i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: White Islets and Wilson Creek (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/white-islets-and-wilson-creek-iba-canada on 25/12/2024.