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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1989	2,500 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1989	75,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1989	150 breeding pairs	B3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	1989	120 breeding pairs	B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1989	20,000 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1989	300 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	50,000-99,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

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

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Streymoy. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/streymoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 08/12/2023.