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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
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

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 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

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	-

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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.