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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	non-breeding	-	2,000 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		30
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Horgarosar (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/horgarosar-iba-iceland on 23/11/2024.