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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

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	breeding	1994-2009	1,900 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	breeding	2007-2009	10-13 mature individuals	A3
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea	NT	breeding	1990-2010	100-1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A3, A4i, B1i, B2
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	1978-2010	63,000 mature individuals	B1i
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1990-2010	7,030 mature individuals	A3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1979-2010	3,500 mature individuals	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	2007-2009	140,000 mature individuals	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1978-2010	215,000 mature individuals	A4iii

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)
Svalbard East	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	5,546,700	protected area overlaps with site	0
Søraust-Svalbard naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	628,744	protected area is adjacent to site	0
North-east Svalbard Nature Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,555,000	protected area contained by site	1,555,000
Nordaust-Svalbard naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	1,866,176	protected area contained by site	5,535,431

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.