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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	Nirjutikarvik National Wildlife Area	National Wildlife Area (Ib)	100
2017	Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound) National Marine Conservation Area	National Marine Conservation Area (VI)	82

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Grassland	-	Tundra
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cambridge Point (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cambridge-point-iba-canada on 01/01/2025.