Nykvåg (Norway) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Nykvåg This is an IBA in Danger!

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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2013	939 mature individuals	B1i
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	2013	38,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	2013	2,398 mature individuals	B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2013	39,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	very unfavourable	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	180,000	38,000	breeding pairs	22	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Nykvåg/Nykan	Naturreservat	91
2002	Frugga	Naturreservat	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nykvåg (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nykvåg-iba-norway on 23/11/2024.