GL004
Northumberland island


IBA Justification

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
Little Auk Alle alle LC breeding 1995 2,500,000 breeding pairs A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1995 1,000,000-2,499,999 breeding pairs A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northumberland island (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northumberland-island-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.