Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Management Area
3,578
protected area contained by site
3,600
Oak Hammock Marsh
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
3,600
protected area contained by site
3,300
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Temperate deciduous
-
Shrubland
Scrub
-
Grassland
Steppe & dry calcareous, Edaphic
-
Wetlands (inland)
Rivers, Freshwater marshes & swamps, Bogs
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Other urban & industrial areas, Arable land
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
water management
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oak Hammock Marsh WMA. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oak-hammock-marsh-wma-iba-canada on 06/12/2023.