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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	2005-2010	990-1,702 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2015) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		70
Marine Intertidal		30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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