Raudinupur


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus LC breeding (2008–2014) 525–655 nests B3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla VU breeding (2008) 5,180 nests B2
Common Murre Uria aalge LC breeding (2008) 1,924–2,157 pairs B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2005–2008) 10,713–11,063 pairs A4iii

Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Raudinupur (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/raudinupur-iba-iceland on 24/12/2024.