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'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
passage
-
20,000-49,999 individuals
A4iii
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)
Marshy Point Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Management Area
706
protected area contained by site
970
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Temperate deciduous
-
Grassland
Steppe & dry calcareous, Edaphic
-
Wetlands (inland)
Rivers, Freshwater lakes & pools, Freshwater marshes & swamps
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
nature conservation and research
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marshy Point. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marshy-point-iba-canada on 09/12/2023.