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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 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1990)	139 pairs	A4i

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	40
Grassland	22	Steppe & dry calcareous
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	21
Shrubland	17	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île du Lac (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-du-lac-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.