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Eqalummiut Nunaat-Nassuttuup Nunaa


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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC non-breeding (1992) 1,150 birds B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC breeding (1979) 100 pairs B1i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland - Tundra
Shrubland - Heathland
Wetlands (inland) - Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eqalummiut Nunaat-Nassuttuup Nunaa (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eqalummiut-nunaat-nassuttuup-nunaa-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 26/12/2024.