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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (2013)	918 pairs	B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Horsvær	Naturreservat (Ia)	100
2002	Hensteinen, Horsværet og Gimsan	Dyrefredningsområde (IV)	41

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Horsvær (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/horsvær-iba-norway on 23/12/2024.