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The site was identified as important in 2015 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	2005-2010	990-1,702 individuals	B1i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2015).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hvalfjardareyri-Laxarvogur. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hvalfjardareyri-laxarvogur-iba-iceland on 27/09/2023.