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Île Nue de Mingan


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
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus LC breeding (1996) 4,487 pairs A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1984 Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve Of Canada National Park (II) 20
1984 Mingan Archipelago National Park of Canada (II) 1
1998 Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île de l'Rés. de parc national de l'Archipel-de-Mingan (L'Îlot) (194) Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île (VI) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland - Edaphic
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater lakes & pools; Bogs

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île Nue de Mingan (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-nue-de-mingan-iba-canada on 27/12/2024.