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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	-	10-15 breeding pairs	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Vestmannsvatn	Fridland	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	70
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		20
Grassland		10
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vestmannsvatn og nagrenni (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vestmannsvatn-og-nagrenni-iba-iceland on 27/11/2024.