Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella (Norway) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2010	3-10 breeding pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	2007-2014	250-300 breeding pairs	A1, B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	favourable	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Great Snipe Gallinago media	300	300	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Gaundalsmyra	Naturreservat	<1
2004	Skjækra	Landskapsvernområde	11
2015	Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella	Nasjonalpark	89

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	50
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	30
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	-
nature conservation and research	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/blåfjella-skjækerfjella-iba-norway on 24/11/2024.