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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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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Grassland | Tundra | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Queen Maud Gulf. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.