Île aux Perroquets is a jewel among the string of islands making up the Mingan Archipelago, located north of the 50th parallel along the northern edge of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This mythic island of limestone dominated by a lighthouse lies awash in the narrowest and most turbulent portion of the Jacques Cartier Strait separating the North Shore and Anticosti Island.

Île aux Perroquets is ideal for watching the flocks of seabirds that have flown here to breed. This rocky platform is home not only to the common puffin but also to the razorbill (alca torda), the black guillemot (cepphus grylle), the black-legged kittiwake (rissa tridactyla) and the common raven (corvus corax). For the most part, these species nest in the island’s cliffs and scree. The common eider (somateria mollissima) and a few gull species make their home there too.

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