South Spitsbergen National Park (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway))

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South Spitsbergen National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	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 individuals	A3, B1i, B3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	breeding	2005-2014	max 10 breeding 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Sør-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark	Nasjonalpark (Svalbard)	100
1973	Sørkapp fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1973	Dunøyane fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1973	Olsholmen fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1973	Isøyane fuglereservat	Naturreservater (Svalbard)	<1
1985	Dunøyane	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
1985	Isøyane	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2009	Svalbard West	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	63
2010	Sørkapp	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	100
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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 25/11/2024.