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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
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	1985	1,275-1,560 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Ingólfshöfð i	Nature Reserve (Landscape)	<1
1975	Haalda	Natturuvaetti Monument	<1
1978	Ingolfshofdi	Fridland	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		80
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skeidararsandur (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skeidararsandur-iba-iceland on 24/11/2024.