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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1989	100-500 individuals	B1i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	non-breeding	1989	500-1,000 individuals	B1i
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1989	3-4 breeding pairs	B2

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ikkattoq and adjacent archipelago	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	44,880	protected area overlaps with site	44,900

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Mud flats & sand flats, Rock stacks and islets	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ikkattoq fjord and islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.