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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	-	80,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	1990	12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	50,000-99,999 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Eldborg i Hnappadal	Natturuvaetti Monument	125	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Mud flats & sand flats, Rock stacks and islets	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
other	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Longufjorur. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.