GL001
Littleton island and nearby islets


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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT breeding (1988) 1,000 pairs B1i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Littleton island and nearby islets (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/littleton-island-and-nearby-islets-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 28/12/2024.