Apparsuit (Kap Shackleton) and Kippaku (Greenland (to Denmark))

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Apparsuit (Kap Shackleton) and Kippaku

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1994	166,893 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1994	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Apparsuit	Breeding Reserve for Birds	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Apparsuit (Kap Shackleton) and Kippaku (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/apparsuit-(kap-shackleton)-and-kippaku-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.