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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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding (1990–2007)	108 mature individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding (1989)	115–175 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 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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1973	Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard) (II)	100
1973	Guissezholmen fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	<1
1973	Moseøya fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	<1
1973	Skorpa fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	<1
1983	Moffen naturreservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard) (Ia)	<1
2009	Svalbard West	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	63

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

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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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 22/12/2024.