Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
breeding (1990) |
15,392 birds |
A4i |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
6,486 birds |
A4i |
| Snow Goose Anser caerulescens |
LC |
breeding (1998) |
692,000 birds |
A4i |
| Ross's Goose Anser rossii |
LC |
breeding (1998) |
491,000 birds |
A4i |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
110,000 birds |
A4i |
| King Eider Somateria spectabilis |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
17,764 birds |
A4i |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
29,082 birds |
A4i |
| Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
13,162 birds |
A4i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
breeding (1998) |
1,000,000-2,499,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Tundra |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
major (>10) |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Queen Maud Gulf (Canada). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/queen-maud-gulf-iba-canada on 23/12/2024.
