Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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) |
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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) |
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Wetlands (inland) | Fens, transition mires and springs, Raised bogs, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Grassland | Tundra | - |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Marine Neritic | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Slettnes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.