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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2015

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	2008-2014	5,230-6,051 nests	A4ii, B1ii, B3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	2008	6,706 nests	B2
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1986	108,515-189,782 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2005-2008	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Skrudur	Fridland	197	protected area overlaps with site	92

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Sea		-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Skrúdur. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/03/2021.