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Bordoy


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus LC breeding (1989) 250 pairs B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle LC breeding (1989) 200 pairs A4ii, B1ii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bordoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bordoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.