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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	-	1,000 individuals	B1i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1995	200-500 breeding pairs	B2
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	breeding	-	1,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	LC	passage	-	10,000 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site 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	% overlap with IBA
1998	Unknown I	Nature Reserve	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 24/11/2024.