Jan Mayen island (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)) IBA | Details

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Jan Mayen island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding (2010)	173,000 pairs	A4ii, B1ii
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	breeding (2010)	6 mature individuals	A3
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	LC	breeding (2010)	340 mature individuals	A3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding (2010)	412 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	breeding (2010)	83,000 pairs	A3, B1ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (2010)	111,000 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2010)	373,000 pairs	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2010	Jan Mayen	Naturreservat (Jan Mayen) (Ia)	67
2012	Jan Mayen	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	68

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jan Mayen island (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jan-mayen-island-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 22/12/2024.