Northern part of Store Hellefiskebanke (Greenland (to Denmark)) IBA | Details

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Northern part of Store Hellefiskebanke

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	winter (1991)	110,000–437,000 birds	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1991)	100,000-499,999 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern part of Store Hellefiskebanke (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-part-of-store-hellefiskebanke-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 28/12/2024.