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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1987	6,700 breeding pairs	B1ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carey islands (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carey-islands-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.