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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ross's Goose Anser rossii	LC	passage	1990	15,000 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection	14

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral, Saline & alkaline lakes	95
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barber Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barber-lake-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.