Liverpool Land coast and mouth of Scoresby Sund (Greenland (to Denmark))

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Liverpool Land coast and mouth of Scoresby Sund

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Liverpool Land coast and mouth of Scoresby Sund (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/liverpool-land-coast-and-mouth-of-scoresby-sund-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.