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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage (2004–2013)	600–1,400 birds	B1i
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding (2010–2014)	2,700–3,500 pairs	B1i, B3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (2005–2014)	650–3,000 pairs	B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Kjellerhaugvatnet	Naturreservat (Ia)	1
2000	Holandsosen	Naturreservat (Ia)	1
2002	Lånan/Skjærvær	Naturreservat (Ia)	37
2002	Hysvær/Søla	Landskapsvernområde (IV)	31
2002	Muddværet	Dyrefredningsområde (IV)	3
2002	Lånan, Flovær og Skjærvær	Dyrefredningsområde (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Blanket bogs

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vega archipelago (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vega-archipelago-iba-norway on 23/12/2024.