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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding (1994)	354–404 pairs	B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding (1994)	541 pairs	B1ii, B2
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (1994)	9,515 pairs	B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1994)	10,000-19,999 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Sanderson's Hope (Upernavik Apparsuit)	Breeding Reserve for Birds (-)	-

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

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands and waters south and west of Upernavik town (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-and-waters-south-and-west-of-upernavik-town-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.