Whooping Crane Nesting Area and Summer Range (Canada) IBA | Details

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Whooping Crane Nesting Area and Summer Range

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Whooping Crane Grus americana	EN	breeding (2007)	266 birds	A1, A4i

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1922	Wood Buffalo National Park Of Canada	National Park (II)	68
1983	Wood Buffalo National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Boreal coniferous; Boreal mixed
Wetlands (inland)	-	Freshwater marshes & swamps

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Whooping Crane Nesting Area and Summer Range (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/whooping-crane-nesting-area-and-summer-range-iba-canada on 25/12/2024.