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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1989	50,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1989	50,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	breeding	1989	2,500 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	1989	2,000 breeding pairs	B2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1989	250 breeding pairs	B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1989	125,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1989	200 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
2012	Mykines	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mykines and Mykineshólmur (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mykines-and-mykineshólmur-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.