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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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage (1972)	2,190 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1972)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	-	Freshwater lakes & pools; Freshwater marshes & swamps; Rivers; Ephemeral

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mills Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mills-lake-iba-canada on 26/12/2024.