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Beaver Lake


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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus LC passage (1972) 4,470 birds A4i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Boreal mixed
Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater lakes & pools; Freshwater marshes & swamps

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beaver Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beaver-lake-iba-canada on 28/12/2024.