BirdLife Data Zone

CA330

Eastern Lake St. Clair

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1980	135,000 individuals	A4i
Canada Goose Branta canadensis	LC	passage	1980	378,000 individuals	A4i
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri	LC	breeding	1991	555 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1980-1995	100,000-499,999 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

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
St. Clair National Wildlife Area-Bear Creek Unit/St. Clair National Wildlife Area-St. Clair Unit	National Wildlife Area	357	protected area contained by site	0
St. Clair National Wildlife Area-Bear Creek Unit/St. Clair National Wildlife Area-St. Clair Unit	National Wildlife Area	357	protected area contained by site	0
St. Clair	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	244	protected area contained by site	640

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Temperate deciduous woods	-
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Eastern Lake St. Clair. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2021.