page_title: Grand Codroy Estuary
section_title: Fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Codroy Estuary / Fauna
caption_attribution_description: Canada Goose (Gosling), Burnaby Lake Regional Park (Piper Spit), Burnaby, British Columbia
context_page_description: The Grand Codroy Estuary is a 925 hectare wetland on the southwestern coast of the island of Newfoundland in Canada, approximately 30 km north of Port aux Basques. It is "[one] of the most productive of Newfoundland's few estuarine wetland sites", and is "the province's most important wetland". It is a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, receiving this designation on May 27, 1987. To the south is a globally significant Important Bird Area.
  As a result of the provincial Order in Council named the Hunting Prohibition Order, hunting has not been permitted on the estuary since 1974.
context_section_description: The abundant Zostera and protective grasslands provide an ideal environment for the fall staging of various bird species. Moderate Canada goose populations, up to 3000 during migration, use the estuary annually. Other bird species include the great blue heron, American black duck, wood duck, American green-winged teal, American wigeon, blue-winged teal, common goldeneye, common merganser, greater scaup, northern pintail, northern shoveler, red-breasted merganser, and the ring-necked duck.
caption: A gosling of the Canada goose, which stage at Grand Codroy Estuary during migration.
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