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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 (1996)	2,120 birds	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Private Conservation Lands	Private Conservation Lands (IV)	3
-	Redberry	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	1
1925	Redberry Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary	Migratory Bird Sanctuary (II)	44
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection (VI)	29

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	84	Saline & alkaline lakes
Grassland	15	Steppe & dry calcareous

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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