Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
VU
passage
2004-2013
60-80 individuals
A1, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
VU
passage
2005-2014
500-1,000 individuals
A1
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
NT
breeding
2004-2013
2,500-5,000 breeding pairs
B1i, B3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
VU
passage
2004-2013
200-300 individuals
A1
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
LC
non-breeding
2004-2013
1,000-4,000 individuals
B1i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
NT
passage
2004-2013
1,000-3,000 individuals
B1i
Red Knot Calidris canutus
NT
passage
2004-2013
25,000 individuals
A4i, B1i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
LC
winter
2004-2013
500-1,500 individuals
B1i, B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
passage
1989
20,000-49,999 individuals
A4iii
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vækker/Väkkärä
Naturreservat
60
protected area contained by site
0
Stabbursneset
Nature Reserve
1,620
protected area contained by site
1,620
Stabbursneset
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
1,620
protected area contained by site
1,620
Stabbursnes
Naturreservat
228
protected area contained by site
0
Roddinesset
Naturreservat
152
protected area overlaps with site
0
Reinøya
Naturreservat
1,269
protected area contained by site
0
Børselvosen
Naturreservat
124
protected area contained by site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal
-
Shrubland
Heathland
-
Wetlands (inland)
Raised bogs
-
Marine Neritic
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
hunting
-
other
-
nature conservation and research
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Inner Porsangerfjord. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/inner-porsangerfjord-iba-norway on 24/09/2023.