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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).

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 contained by 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 overlaps with 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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malpeque Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malpeque-bay-iba-canada on 26/09/2023.