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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1989	5,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1989	100,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1989	500 breeding pairs	B3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	1989	20 breeding pairs	B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica	VU	breeding	1989	40,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1989	400 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vágar (Faroe Islands (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vágar-iba-faroe-islands-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.