Inner Porsangerfjord (Norway) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Inner Porsangerfjord

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2004-2013	60-80 individuals	A1, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	2005-2014	500-1,000 individuals	A1
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	2004-2013	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	B1i, B3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	passage	2004-2013	200-300 individuals	A1
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	non-breeding	2004-2013	1,000-4,000 individuals	B1i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2004-2013	1,000-3,000 individuals	B1i
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	2004-2013	25,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	winter	2004-2013	500-1,500 individuals	B1i, B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1989	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1967	Roddinesset	Naturreservat	<1
1981	Reinøya	Naturreservat	3
1983	Stabbursnes	Naturreservat	3
1983	Stabbursneset	Nature Reserve	3
1985	Stabbursneset	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
1991	Børselvosen	Naturreservat	1
1991	Vækker/Väkkärä	Naturreservat	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Inner Porsangerfjord (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/inner-porsangerfjord-iba-norway on 22/11/2024.