Latrabjarg (Iceland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Latrabjarg

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2015 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
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	2006-2014	85,000-99,894 nests	A4ii, B1ii, B2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2007	124 breeding pairs	B3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	2006-2007	32,028 nests	A4i, B1i, B2
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	2013	30,000 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	2006-2007	103,178-224,647 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	2006-2007	75,659-164,729 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	2006-2007	144,508-315,283 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2006-2014	666,926 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2015) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2015. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	near favourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	-

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	118,439	99,894	nests	85	near favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Latrabjarg (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/latrabjarg-iba-iceland on 23/11/2024.