FO014
Sandoy


IBA Justification

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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus LC breeding (1989) 50,000 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis LC breeding (1989) 50,000 pairs A4ii, B1ii
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus LC breeding (1989) 5,000 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis LC breeding (1989) 150 pairs B3
Great Skua Catharacta skua LC breeding (1989) 15 pairs B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding (1989) 70,000 pairs A4ii, B1ii
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle LC breeding (1989) 400 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (1989) 170,000–180,000 pairs A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sandoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sandoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.