Islands and waters south and west of Upernavik town (Greenland (to Denmark))

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Islands and waters south and west of Upernavik town

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1994	354-404 breeding pairs	B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1994	541 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1994	9,515 breeding pairs	B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1994	10,000-19,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Sanderson's Hope (Upernavik Apparsuit)	Breeding Reserve for Birds	-

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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 22/11/2024.