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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
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica	LC	winter	-	common	B2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1990-1995	12-21 individuals	B1i

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

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laugarvatn - Apavatn - Bruara. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/493 on 05/06/2023.