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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	2010	20,000-25,000 individuals	A1, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2012	16 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	2009	4,150 individuals	B1i, B3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	2012	10-20 breeding pairs	A3
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	VU	winter	2012	566 individuals	A1, B1i, B2
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	2004-2013	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii	NT	passage	2010	340 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	breeding	2012	30-50 breeding pairs	A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	2004-2013	max 1 breeding pairs	A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	breeding	2004-2013	10-50 breeding pairs	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	2004-2013	30-50 nests	A3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	passage	2009-2010	180,000-200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	breeding	2010-2012	60-350 breeding pairs	A3, B1ii
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage	2012	1,790 individuals	B1ii
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	passage	2010	5,500 individuals	B1ii
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	2012	40 breeding pairs	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	2004-2013	20-30 breeding pairs	A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	LC	breeding	2004-2013	10-50 breeding pairs	A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	passage	2009-2010	205,500-230,500 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2010	20,000-25,000 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.

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Slettnes	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,230	protected area contained by site	0
Slettnes	Naturreservat	1,158	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Raised bogs, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Grassland	Tundra	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Slettnes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.