Fuglefjella (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)) IBA | Summary

SJ007

Fuglefjella

Current view: summary

Country/territory: Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)

IBA criteria met: A4iii, B2 (2014)
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Area: 1,940 hectares (19.40 km²)

Site description (2000 baseline)
Sea cliffs facing Isfjorden. There is shipping traffic (boats going to and from Longyearbyen). This site was named `Grumant' in he previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).

Key biodiversity
Breeding seabirds include Rissa tridactyla (10,000 pairs) and Uria lomvia (20,000 individuals).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fuglefjella (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fuglefjella-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 29/12/2024.