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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
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding (2012)	63,000 pairs	A4i, B1i
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding (2012)	480 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (2012)	725,000 mature individuals	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2012)	425,000 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2003	Hopen naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	100
2009	Svalbard East	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hopen island (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hopen-island-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 23/12/2024.