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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding (2010)	1 pairs	A3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding (2010)	50-249 pairs	A3, B1i, B3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	breeding (2005–2014)	50-249 pairs	A3, B1i, B3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding (2014)	present	A1, A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding (2005–2014)	abundant	A3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	breeding (2009)	< 50 pairs	A3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	breeding (2009)	10–30 pairs	A3
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	breeding (2009)	frequent	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding (2009)	5–10 pairs	A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	LC	breeding (2009)	30–50 pairs	A3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding (2006)	130,000 pairs	A4i, B1i
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	LC	breeding (2006)	650 pairs	A3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding (2006)	50 pairs	A3
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	breeding (2005–2014)	40–100 pairs	A3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding (2006)	300–350 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding (2006)	500 birds	B1ii
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	breeding (1985)	10,000–100,000 pairs	A3, A4ii, B1ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (2006)	185,000 mature individuals	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding (2006)	125,000 mature individuals	A4ii, B1ii
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	LC	breeding (2005–2014)	unknown pairs	A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2006)	325,000–415,000 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Bjørnøya naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	100
2009	Bjørnøya	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	95

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	60
Grassland	35	Tundra
Marine Neritic	5

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bjørnøya (Bear Island) (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bjørnøya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 22/12/2024.