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Eysturoy


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) 500 pairs B2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus LC breeding (1989) 2,500 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle LC breeding (1989) 300 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (1989) min 10,000 pairs A4iii

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: Eysturoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eysturoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.