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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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding (2013)	1,130 mature individuals	B3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding (2007)	32,500 pairs	B1i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2007–2013)	33,000 pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Makkaurhalvøya	Naturreservat (Ia)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	2
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Shrubland	-	Heathland

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Syltefjordstauran (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/syltefjordstauran-iba-norway on 24/12/2024.