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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1990	247 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with 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	<1
1993	Ile Shag (Havre-aux-Maisons)	Faunal Habitat	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		95
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.