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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	resident	-	20-25 breeding pairs	B2
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	-	4,000-4,650 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vatnajokulsthjodgardur	Thjodgardur	1,395,033	protected area overlaps with site	0
Salthofdi og Salthofdamyrar	Fridland	231	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Breidamerkursandur - Fagurholsmyri. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/542 on 05/06/2023.