Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
breeding (1994–2009) |
1,900 mature individuals |
A3, B1i, B3 |
| Sabine's Gull Xema sabini |
LC |
breeding (2007–2009) |
10–13 mature individuals |
A3 |
| Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea |
NT |
breeding (1990–2010) |
100–1,000 pairs |
A1, A3, A4i, B1i, B2 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla |
VU |
breeding (1978–2010) |
63,000 mature individuals |
B1i |
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
LC |
breeding (1990–2010) |
7,030 mature individuals |
A3 |
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle |
LC |
breeding (1979–2010) |
3,500 mature individuals |
A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
| Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia |
LC |
breeding (2007–2009) |
140,000 mature individuals |
A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1978–2010) |
215,000 mature individuals |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1973 |
Nordaust-Svalbard naturreservat
|
Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia) |
97 |
| 1976 |
North-east Svalbard Nature Reserve |
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (-) |
27 |
| 2009 |
Svalbard East
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
65 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Tundra |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northeast-svalbard-nature-reserve-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 23/12/2024.
