IBA	Inglefield Mountains Southeastern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Site Summary
NU014	Latitude Longitude	77.457° N 79.133° W	Elevation Size	0 - 1,500 m 4,119.66 km²

Habitats: coastal cliffs/rocky shores (marine), other	Land Use: Not Utilized (Natural Area)	Potential or ongoing Threats: Disturbance, Oil slicks
IBA Criteria: Globally Significant: Congregatory Species, Nationally Significant: Threatened Species
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Site Description The Inglefield Mountains are located on southeastern Ellesmere Island to the north and south of Makinson Inlet. The majority of the area is covered by ice fields, with nunataks (rock outcrops rising above the ice fields) throughout the area, and rocky cliffs bordering the coastal areas. The community of Grise Ford is located approximately 130 km south of the site. Researchers who have visited the area report very few signs of birds or mammals other than Ivory Gulls.

Birds The nunataks within this site may support one-third of the nationally vulnerable Canadian Ivory Gull population (30% to 35%), and possibly as much as 5% of the world population of Ivory Gulls. However, the national and global population size of Ivory Gulls is poorly known. During the early 1980s there were between 730 and 830 adults distributed among 14 colonies in the Inglefield Mountains. The size of these colonies ranged from 12 to 300 birds with the number of breeding pairs fluctuating annually. The gulls are probably present from late May to late August. The colonies have not been surveyed in recent years.

Criteria Version: Current Original (circa 2000) Date Range: All Pre-2000 Post-2000 Last 10 Years Display: Summary Details IBA Criteria Species↓ T | A | I Links Date Season Number G C N Ivory Gull 1982 SU 730 ✔ ✔ ✔ Note: species shown in bold indicate that the maximum number exceeds at least one of the IBA thresholds (sub-regional, regional or global). The site may still not qualify for that level of IBA if the maximum number reflects an exceptional or historical occurrence.

Conservation Issues The remote and inaccessible location of the Ivory Gull breeding colonies limits direct risk from human disturbance. At other sites, disturbance by humans, and in particular, low-flying aircraft have resulted in colony abandonment. The Ivory Gulls at this colony likely feed in the polynyas around southeastern Ellesmere Island. Pollution of these polynyas by oil, or disturbance as result of shipping or exploratory drilling in the area of the polynyas could have negative impacts on the gulls.

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The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by BirdLife International. The Canadian co-partners for the IBA Program are Birds Canada and Nature Canada.