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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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1989	100-500 individuals	B1i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	non-breeding	1989	500-1,000 individuals	B1i
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1989	3-4 breeding pairs	B2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Ikkattoq and adjacent archipelago	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ikkattoq fjord and islands (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ikkattoq-fjord-and-islands-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 22/11/2024.