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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
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	passage	1996	2,000 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
1989	Misery Bay Provincial Park (Nature Reserve Class)	Provincial Park	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manitoulin Island North Shore (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manitoulin-island-north-shore-iba-canada on 23/11/2024.