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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
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	LC	breeding (1983)	4,922 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Primrose Lake	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	9
-	Backes Island	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	<1
1998	Primrose Lake Provincial Ecological Reserve	Ecological Reserve (Ia)	16

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	97	Freshwater lakes & pools
Forest	3	Boreal mixed

Land use	% of IBA
military	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Primrose Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/primrose-lake-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.