East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary
The East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a migratory bird sanctuary in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in East Bay, an arm of Hudson Bay, in southeast Southampton Island. The nearest community is Coral Harbour, to the west. It is one of two bird sanctuaries on the island, the other being the Harry Gibbons Migratory Bird Sanctuary, situated to the southwest.
Established 1 January 1959, and consisting of 113,800 hectares it is rated Category IV by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Of its
in overall size, is a marine area with marine, intertidal, and subtidal components.Flora
The sanctuary's habitat consists of dry heath, gravel ridge, intertidal zone, moss carpet, scrub willow, and sedge meadow.Bird species
Notable bird species include:
- Arctic tern
- Atlantic brant
- Black-bellied plover
- Black guillemot
- Canada goose
- Common eider
- Golden plover
- Herring gull
- Jaeger
- King eider
- Lesser snow goose
- Long-tailed duck
- Red knot
- Red phalarope
- Red-throated loon
- Ruddy turnstone
- Sabines gull
- Semipalmated plover
- White-rumped sandpiper
Other designations
East Bay/Native Bay is a Canadian Important Bird Area and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat.
