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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
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding (1977)	4,000 pairs	A4ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (1977)	86,000 pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1977)	100,000-499,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Prince Leopold Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ib)	97
2017	Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound) National Marine Conservation Area	National Marine Conservation Area (VI)	80

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-	Tundra
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prince Leopold Island (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prince-leopold-island-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.