Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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Grassland | Tundra | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater | - |
Sea | Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.