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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1989	20,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1989	50,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	breeding	1989	10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding	1989	40 breeding pairs	B3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	1989	25 breeding pairs	B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1989	40,000 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1989	150 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	1989	135,300 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
2012	Skuvoy	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skúvoy (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skúvoy-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 22/11/2024.