Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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) |
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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) |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Marine Intertidal | - | |
Marine Neritic | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Malpeque Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.