Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Sea cliffs bordering a narrow fjord. Egg-collecting takes place (`Other' land-use).
Eight seabird colonies are located within the fjord. These also hold breeding
Rissa tridactyla (8,618 pairs),
Uria aalge and
Cepphus grylle (1992 data).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
With the exception of local disturbance caused by hunting, no serious threats are known at the site.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sermilinnguaq (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sermilinnguaq-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.
