Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella (Norway) IBA | Details

Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding (2010)	3–10 pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (2007–2014)	250–300 pairs	A1, B1i

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	good	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Great Snipe Gallinago media	300 / 300 (pairs)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Gaundalsmyra	Naturreservat (Ia)	<1
2004	Skjækra	Landskapsvernområde (IV)	11
2015	Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella	Nasjonalpark (II)	89

Habitats

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

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 27/12/2024.