IS020
Stokkseyri-Eyrarbakki


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC passage (-) 250 birds B1i
Red Knot Calidris canutus NT passage (1990) 7,562 birds B1i
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima LC winter (1987–1989) 255–617 birds A4i, B1i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 40
Grassland 10 Mesophile grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stokkseyri-Eyrarbakki (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stokkseyri-eyrarbakki-iba-iceland on 23/12/2024.