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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
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	LC	breeding (2000)	10,751 pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (2000)	10,000-19,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1986	Îles de la Couvée Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (III)	16
1986	Couvée Islands	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ia)	19

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	70	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground
Forest	5	Temperate deciduous

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île de la Couvée (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-de-la-couvée-iba-canada on 19/12/2024.