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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
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	passage (1994)	50,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (-)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Chignecto-John Lusby Marsh	National Wildlife Area (IV)	2
-	Lower Cove	Protected Beach (III)	<1
-	Joggins Fossil Cliffs	Special Places Act (Ia)	<1
-	Joggins Fossil Cliffs	Operational Parks and Reserves (-)	-
1978	John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area	National Wildlife Area (IV)	2
2008	Joggins Fossil Cliffs	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	2
2015	Fossil Coast	Nature Reserve (III)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	55
Marine Neritic	30
Wetlands (inland)	12	Freshwater marshes & swamps
Forest	3	Temperate mixed

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upper Cumberland Basin (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upper-cumberland-basin-iba-canada on 22/12/2024.