Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Canada) IBA | Details

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Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens	LC	breeding (1995)	479,500 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (1995)	100,000-499,999 birds	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1961	Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary No. 1	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ib)	95

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-	Tundra
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers; Freshwater marshes & swamps

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)
other	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Banks Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/banks-island-migratory-bird-sanctuary-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.