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Ingeborgfjellet


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Little Auk Alle alle LC breeding 2009 50,000-99,999 mature individuals A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 2009 50,000-99,999 mature individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2003 Nordenskiƶld Land nasjonalpark Nasjonalpark (Svalbard) 100
2009 Svalbard West Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 35

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ingeborgfjellet (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ingeborgfjellet-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 23/11/2024.