Manitou Lake Area (includes Reflex, Freshwater, Wells, Colette and Cipher Lakes) (Canada)

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Manitou Lake Area (includes Reflex, Freshwater, Wells, Colette and Cipher Lakes)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding	1996	159 individuals	A1, A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage	1996	5,100 individuals	A4i
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	passage	1996	47,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1989-1996	50,000-99,999 individuals	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
-	Marsden	Game Preserve	1
1953	Marsden	Game Preserve	1
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection	29
2000	Killarney-Reflex Lakes Heritage Rgeland Natural Area	Natural Area	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Boreal deciduous	-
Grassland	Steppe & dry calcareous	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater lakes & pools, Saline & alkaline lakes, Ephemeral	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manitou Lake Area (includes Reflex, Freshwater, Wells, Colette and Cipher Lakes) (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manitou-lake-area-(includes-reflex-freshwater-wells-colette-and-cipher-lakes)-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.