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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
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	non-breeding	1995	7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	-	present	B2

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)
Qínnquata Marraa and Kuussuaq	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6,480	protected area overlaps with site	11,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nordfjord and adjacent valley. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/71 on 11/06/2023.