Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
breeding (1992–2008) |
1,900 mature individuals |
A3, B1i, B3 |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
breeding (2005–2014) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
breeding (1900–2009) |
3,870 birds |
A3, B1i, B3 |
| Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
breeding (2005–2014) |
max 10 pairs |
A3 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla |
VU |
breeding (2008–2010) |
101,000 mature individuals |
A4i, B1i |
| Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus |
LC |
breeding (1989–2010) |
912 mature individuals |
A3 |
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle |
LC |
breeding (1989–2010) |
704 mature individuals |
B1ii, B2 |
| Little Auk Alle alle |
LC |
breeding (1989–2010) |
498,600 mature individuals |
A3, A4ii, B1ii |
| Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia |
LC |
breeding (2008–2010) |
296,000 mature individuals |
A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1989–2010) |
900,000 mature individuals |
A4iii |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
100 |
Tundra |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Spitsbergen National Park (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-spitsbergen-national-park-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 28/12/2024.
