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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	non-breeding	1989	350 individuals	B1i
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1989	common	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1989	common	A3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	breeding	1989	common	A3
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	breeding	1989	common	A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	LC	breeding	1989	common	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	1989	common	A3
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus	VU	breeding	1989	uncommon	A3, B2
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	breeding	1989	uncommon	A3

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	Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland	National Park	100
1977	North-East Greenland	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South coast of Germania Land, and Slaedelandet (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-coast-of-germania-land-and-slaedelandet-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.