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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
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata	LC	breeding	1995	10,000 individuals	A4i
White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi	LC	breeding	1995	10,000 individuals	A4i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	1995	25,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1995	50,000-99,999 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.

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vuntut National Park Of Canada	National Park	434,500	protected area overlaps with site	210,000
Van Tat K'atr'anahtii (Old Crow Flats)	First Nation Settlement Land	394,703	protected area overlaps with site	0
Van Tat K'atr'anahtii (Old Crow Flats)	Habitat Protection Area	54,500	protected area contained by site	0
Van Tat K'atr'anahtii (Old Crow Flats)	Habitat Protection Area	54,500	protected area contained by site	0
Old Crow Flats	Special Management Area	769,747	protected area overlaps with site	520,000
Old Crow Flats	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	617,000	protected area contained by site	617,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Edaphic grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes/swamps	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Old Crow Flats. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/11/2020.