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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1995	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap 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 contained by 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 overlaps with site	0
Indian River (Gillispie) Woodlands Natural Area	Privately Owned Natural Area	76	protected area is adjacent to 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 overlaps with site	0
Conway Sandhills Natural Area	Privately Owned Natural Area	142	protected area contained by 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

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Malpeque Bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.