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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
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	2004-2013	20,000-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2004-2013	20,000-40,000 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Grassland	Tundra	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lille Porsangen. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lille-porsangen-iba-norway on 01/10/2023.