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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding	1983	8-10 breeding pairs	A3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1983	287-415 breeding pairs	A3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	breeding	1989	46 breeding pairs	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2005-2014	frequent	A1, A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	1984-1992	2,562 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	LC	breeding	2005-2014	common	A3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1989	200 breeding pairs	A3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	2011	40 breeding pairs	B3
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	2011	56,000 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2011	56,000 mature individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Svalbard West	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	2,004,400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Plankeholmane fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	2	protected area contained by site	162
Forlandsøyane fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	56	protected area contained by site	539
Forlandsøyane	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	60	protected area contained by site	60
Forlandet nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard)	61,172	is identical to site	462,689

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-
Sea	Open Sea	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Forlandet National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.