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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
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	non-breeding	1995	7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	-	present	B2

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
1988	Qínnquata Marraa and Kuussuaq	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	58

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nordfjord and adjacent valley (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nordfjord-and-adjacent-valley-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.