Current view: Data table and detailed info
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) |
5,230–6,051 nests |
A4ii, B1ii, B3 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla |
VU |
breeding (2008) |
6,706 nests |
B2 |
| Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica |
VU |
breeding (1986) |
108,515–189,782 pairs |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (2005–2008) |
100,000-499,999 pairs |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1995 |
Skrudur
|
Fridland (VI) |
15 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
50 |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
30 |
|
| Grassland |
20 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| other |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skrudur (Iceland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skrudur-iba-iceland on 24/12/2024.
