IS008
Longufjorur


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
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

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)
Eldborg i Hnappadal Natturuvaetti Monument 125 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Longufjorur. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/longufjorur-iba-iceland on 25/09/2023.