Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2015
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 50,000-100,000 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1ii, B3 |
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous | VU | breeding | 1991 | 167,600-224,600 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1ii |
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis | LC | breeding | 2006-2008 | 38,377-38,984 nests | B2 |
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 8,000-10,000 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1ii, B3 |
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus | LC | breeding | 2005-2008 | 12,085 nests | A4ii, B1ii, B3 |
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | VU | breeding | 2006-2008 | 50,185 nests | A4i, B1i, B2 |
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica | VU | breeding | 2010 | 649,300-1,020,900 breeding pairs | A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
Razorbill Alca torda | LC | breeding | 2006-2008 | 2,248-3,502 breeding pairs | B2 |
Common Murre Uria aalge | LC | breeding | 2005-2007 | 31,129-34,902 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 2005-2010 | 785,806-1,158,013 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Surtsey | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 6,500 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Surtsey | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 3,371 | protected area overlaps with site | 550 |
Surtsey | Fridland | 6,559 | protected area overlaps with site | 270 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | - | |
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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other | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Vestmannaeyjar. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.