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Malpeque Bay


IBA Justification

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 1995 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).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Malpeque Bay Salt Marsh Natural Area Provincially Owned Natural Area 51 protected area contained by site 0
Malpeque Bay Salt Marsh Natural Area Provincially Owned Natural Area 51 protected area contained by site 0
Malpeque Bay Salt Marsh Natural Area Provincially Owned Natural Area 51 protected area contained by site 0
Malpeque Bay Salt Marsh Natural Area Provincially Owned Natural Area 51 protected area contained by site 0
Malpeque Bay Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 24,440 protected area contained by site 20,000
Little Courtin Island Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 12 protected area contained by site 0
Indian River (Gillispie) Woodlands Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 76 protected area overlaps with site 0
Indian River (Gillispie) Woodlands Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 76 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Indian River (Gillispie) Woodlands Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 76 protected area contained by site 0
Indian River (Gillispie) Woodlands Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 76 protected area contained by site 0
Green Provincial Park Provincially Owned Natural Area 87 protected area contained by site 0
Conway Sandhills Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 142 protected area contained by site 0
Conway Sandhills Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 142 protected area overlaps with site 0
Cabot Beach Sand Dunes Natural Area Provincially Owned Natural Area 166 protected area contained by site 0
Bunbury (Big Courtin) Island Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 82 protected area contained by site 0
Bunbury (Big Courtin) Island Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 82 protected area contained by site 0
Bird Island Natural Area Privately Owned Natural Area 100 protected area contained by site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -
fisheries/aquaculture -
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malpeque Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malpeque-bay-iba-canada on 30/09/2023.