South Shore Great Slave Lake (Slave River Delta to Taltson Bay) (Canada)

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South Shore Great Slave Lake (Slave River Delta to Taltson Bay)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1983	4,200 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1979-1983	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Boreal mixed	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers, Freshwater lakes & pools, Freshwater marshes & swamps	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Shore Great Slave Lake (Slave River Delta to Taltson Bay) (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-shore-great-slave-lake-(slave-river-delta-to-taltson-bay)-iba-canada on 24/11/2024.