Närpiö-Korsnäs sea banks (Finland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Närpiö-Korsnäs sea banks

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2024 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
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	passage	2022-2023	min 3,500 individuals	A1, A4, B3a, C1, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage	2022-2023	min 66,000 individuals	B3a, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2022-2023	50,000-100,000 individuals	B3b, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2024) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Närpiö-Korsnäs sea banks (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/närpiö-korsnäs-sea-banks-iba-finland on 26/11/2024.