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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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

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

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Scree and boulders	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Streymoy. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.