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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Several small islands covered mainly with tundra and dwarf-shrub heath vegetation, as well as some small lakes and bogs. Egg-collecting takes place (`Other' land-use).
The archipelago is also important as a staging area for passage waders.
Cepphus grylle breeds (179 pairs, 1996) and
Rhodostethia rosea occasionally breeds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Egg-collecting is a problem.
National Partial
International PartialThe skerries in the north-western part of the IBA are designated as a Breeding Reserve for Birds. IBA overlaps with Ramsar Site (Kitsissunnguit).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland) (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kitsissunnguit-(grønne-ejland)-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.
