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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
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage	1989	3,000 individuals	A4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1932	Gooseberry Lake	Provincial Park	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate deciduous	-
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Saline & alkaline lakes	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gooseberry Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gooseberry-lake-iba-canada on 24/11/2024.