Nordre Isfjorden


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC breeding (1982–2005) 750 mature individuals A3, B1i, B3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus LC breeding (2005–2014) present A3
King Eider Somateria spectabilis LC breeding (2005–2014) present A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT breeding (2005–2014) present A3
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus LC breeding (2005) 50-249 pairs A3
Little Auk Alle alle LC breeding (2005) unknown A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (1988–2005) 90,000–130,000 mature individuals A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1973 Boheman fuglereservat Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia) <1
2003 Nordre Isfjorden nasjonalpark Nasjonalpark (Svalbard) (II) 100
2009 Svalbard West Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) 32


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nordre Isfjorden (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nordre-isfjorden-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 22/12/2024.