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Cambridge Point


IBA Justification

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
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia LC breeding 1995 160,000 breeding pairs A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1970-1995 160,000 breeding pairs A4iii

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1995 Nirjutikarvik National Wildlife Area National Wildlife Area 100
2017 Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound) National Marine Conservation Area National Marine Conservation Area 82

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Grassland Tundra -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cambridge Point (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cambridge-point-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.