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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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	breeding	1990	15,392 individuals	A4i
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding	1990	6,486 individuals	A4i
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens	LC	breeding	1998	692,000 individuals	A4i
Ross's Goose Anser rossii	LC	breeding	1998	491,000 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	breeding	1990	110,000 individuals	A4i
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	breeding	1990	17,764 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	breeding	1990	29,082 individuals	A4i
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	LC	breeding	1990	13,162 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1998	1,000,000-2,499,999 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary	6,292,818	is identical to site	6,100,000
Queen Maud Gulf	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6,278,200	protected area overlaps with site	5,400,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Queen Maud Gulf. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.