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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter (2000–2014)	50–120 birds	A1
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter (2004–2013)	2,000–5,000 birds	B1i, B3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter (2004–2014)	70–190 birds	B1i, B2
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	breeding (2013)	1,000 pairs	B3
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding (2009)	1,600–1,750 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2003	Svaet	Dyrefredningsområde (IV)	84
2003	Tautra	Naturreservat (Ia)	16
2003	Øksningen	Naturreservat (Ia)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)	Arable land
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)	Mixed woodland
Introduced vegetation	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tautra & Svaet (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tautra-&-svaet-iba-norway on 26/12/2024.