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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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding (1998)	173 birds	A1, A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage (1994)	52,984 birds	A4i
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii	LC	passage (1994)	3,439 birds	A4i
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	passage (1994)	28,796 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1987–1994)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1922	Valjean	Provincial Pasture (VI)	8
1942	Shamrock	Community Pasture (VI)	17
1946	Valjean	Community Pasture (VI)	15
1953	Shamrock	Crown Pasture (VI)	17
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection (VI)	51

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	95	Saline & alkaline lakes; Freshwater marshes & swamps
Grassland	5	Steppe & dry calcareous

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
other	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chaplin Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chaplin-lake-iba-canada on 06/12/2024.