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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)	247 pairs	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île de l'Île Shag (Havre-aux-Maisons)	Habitat faunique : Colonie d'oiseaux sur une île ou une presqu'île (VI)	<1
1993	Ile Shag (Havre-aux-Maisons)	Faunal Habitat (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	95
Grassland	5	Steppe & dry calcareous

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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