Lundey Kollafirdi


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding (2004) 8,579 pairs A1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lundey Kollafirdi (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lundey-kollafirdi-iba-iceland on 05/12/2024.