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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding (2006)	19,398–34,177 pairs	A1, B2

Land use	% of IBA
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grimsey i Steingrimsfirdi (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grimsey-i-steingrimsfirdi-iba-iceland on 05/12/2024.