Northwest Spitsbergen National Park (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway))

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Northwest Spitsbergen National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding	1990-2007	108 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1989	115-175 breeding pairs	A3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	2005-2014	present	A1, A3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	1982-2010	5,100 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	breeding	2007	26 mature individuals	A3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	1973-2011	45,600 mature individuals	B1i
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	LC	breeding	1985-2011	670 mature individuals	A3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1980-1988	1,500 breeding pairs	A3
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1973-2011	1,272 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	breeding	1978-2011	260,900 mature individuals	A3, A4ii, B1ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1973-2011	101,300 mature individuals	B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1973-2011	413,500 mature individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard)	100
1973	Guissezholmen fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1973	Moseøya fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1973	Skorpa fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1983	Moffen naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
2009	Svalbard West	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	63

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northwest Spitsbergen National Park (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northwest-spitsbergen-national-park-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 22/11/2024.