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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter (1993)	872,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	winter (1993)	720 birds	B1ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2017	Hoburgs bank och Midsjöbankarna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	100

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bank of Hoburg (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bank-of-hoburg-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.