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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	passage (1981)	10,000 individuals	A4i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	winter (1999)	300 individuals	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	Parc marin du Saguenay - Saint-Laurent	Parc marin (II)	97
1998	Saguenay-St. Lawrence	Marine Park (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Other	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Riverine sand beaches

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île Rouge (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-rouge-iba-canada on 15/01/2025.