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Appat Appai


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 1987 48,000 breeding pairs B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1987 20,000-49,999 breeding pairs A4iii

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Appat Appai (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/appat-appai-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.