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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2014	frequent	A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	2014	rare	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	non-breeding	2005-2014	rare	A3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	2005-2014	rare	A3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	2014	abundant	A3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	breeding	2014	rare	A3
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	2014	frequent	A3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	breeding	2014	frequent	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	2005-2014	frequent	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	2014	frequent	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	unknown	2005-2014	uncommon	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	unknown	2005-2014	uncommon	A3
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus	LC	breeding	2014	frequent	A3
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	rare	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	rare	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	2014	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2005-2014	abundant	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus	LC	breeding	2005-2014	present	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	2014	common	A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	LC	breeding	2014	common	A3

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)
Reisa	Nasjonalpark	80,435	protected area contained by site	80,435
Ráisduottarháldi	Landskapsvernområde	8,343	protected area contained by site	8,343

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone, Wooded tundra	-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Tundra	-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reisa. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reisa-iba-norway on 26/09/2023.