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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
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	2007	4,529-7,704 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	2007	5,548-6,220 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2007-2008	17,731-19,885 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1978	Ingólfshöfði	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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