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The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	2005-2016	7,500-160,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	winter	1993	770 individuals	B1ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	1,060,000	206,000	individuals	20	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Norra Midsjöbanken	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2016	Hoburgs bank och Midsjöbankarna	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30
2017	Hoburgs bank och Midsjöbankarna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Midsjö Bank (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-midsjö-bank-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.