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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
Whooping Crane Grus americana	EN	passage (1986)	4 birds	A1, A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection (VI)	7

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	95	Ephemeral; Saline & alkaline lakes
Artificial/Terrestrial	3	Arable land
Grassland	2	Steppe & dry calcareous

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buffer Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buffer-lake-iba-canada on 25/12/2024.