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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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	breeding	1996	124 individuals	A1, A4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Willow Bunch	Game Preserve	9
1956	Willow Bunch	Game Preserve	8
1984	Wildlife Habitat Protection	Wildlife Habitat Protection	38

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Saline & alkaline lakes, Ephemeral	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Willow Bunch Lake (Canada). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/willow-bunch-lake-iba-canada on 24/11/2024.