Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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 |
| Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
LC |
breeding (2013) |
3,000 mature individuals |
B3 |
| Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
VU |
breeding (2004–2013) |
264,000–556,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
20,000 birds |
A4ii, B1ii, B3 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (2004–2013) |
272,000–564,000 pairs |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1983 |
Gjesværstappan
|
Naturreservat (Ia) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
76 |
|
| Grassland |
- |
Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gjesværstappan (Norway). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gjesværstappan-iba-norway on 24/12/2024.
