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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	non-breeding	-	150 individuals	B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	non-breeding	-	3,000 individuals	B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	non-breeding	-	300 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Miklavatn	Fridland	74

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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