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Hochstetter Forland


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC non-breeding 1989 400 individuals B1i
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC breeding 1989 50 breeding pairs A3, B3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus LC non-breeding 1989 3,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus LC breeding 1989 50 breeding pairs A3, B3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU breeding - present A3
King Eider Somateria spectabilis LC breeding - present A3
Red Knot Calidris canutus NT breeding - present A3
Sanderling Calidris alba LC breeding - present A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius LC breeding - present A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus LC breeding - present A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
North-East Greenland UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 97,200,000 protected area contains site 0
Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland National Park 97,200,000 protected area contains site 0
Hochstetter Forland Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 184,820 protected area overlaps with site 184,800

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Shrubland Heathland -
Grassland Tundra -
Wetlands (inland) Rivers and streams -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hochstetter Forland. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hochstetter-forland-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 24/09/2023.