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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Little Auk Alle alle | LC | breeding | 1989 | 1,000,000-5,000,000 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1ii |
A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 1989 | 1,000,000-5,000,000 breeding pairs | A4iii |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
---|---|---|
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | major (>10) | |
Marine Neritic | - |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kap Brewster and Volquart Boon's coast (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kap-brewster-and-volquart-boons-coast-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.