Kitsissut Avalliit (Ydre Kitsissut) (Greenland (to Denmark)) IBA | Details

GL041

Kitsissut Avalliit (Ydre Kitsissut)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding (1992)	448 pairs	B3
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding (1992)	9,300 pairs	B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (1992)	min 10,000 pairs	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	GL041	Breeding Reserve for Birds (-)	-

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kitsissut Avalliit (Ydre Kitsissut) (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kitsissut-avalliit-(ydre-kitsissut)-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 01/01/2025.