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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (-)	1,000 birds	B1i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding (1995)	200–500 pairs	B2
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	breeding (-)	1,000 pairs	B1i
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	LC	passage (-)	10,000 birds	B1i

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	A compre­hensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	Unknown I	Nature Reserve (-)	4

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Osasvædi Olfusar (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/osasvædi-olfusar-iba-iceland on 26/12/2024.