GL055
Kilen


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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Brent Goose Branta bernicla LC non-breeding 1985 625 individuals B1i
Brent Goose Branta bernicla LC breeding 1985 70 breeding pairs B1i, B2
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea NT breeding 1985 35 breeding pairs A4i, B1i, B2

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) 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
Kilen Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 51,280 protected area overlaps with site 51,300

Habitats

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

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kilen. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kilen-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 19/03/2024.