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The site was identified as important in 2014 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	breeding	1990-2007	108 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1989	115-175 breeding pairs	A3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2005-2014	unknown	A1, A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	1982-2010	5,100 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	breeding	2007	26 mature individuals	A3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	1973-2011	45,600 mature individuals	B1i
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	LC	breeding	1985-2011	670 mature individuals	A3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1980-1988	1,500 breeding pairs	A3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1973-2011	1,272 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	breeding	1978-2011	260,900 mature individuals	A3, A4ii, B1ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1973-2011	101,300 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1973-2011	413,500 mature individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Svalbard West	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	2,004,400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Skorpa fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	6	protected area contained by site	111
Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard)	367,538	is identical to site	987,057
Moseøya fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	31	protected area contained by site	142
Moffen naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	479	protected area contained by site	881
Guissezholmen fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	1	protected area overlaps with site	42
Forlandet nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard)	61,172	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northwest-spitsbergen-national-park-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 01/12/2023.