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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).

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

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	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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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.