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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding (1988)	common	A3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding (1988)	7,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding (1988)	common	A3
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	breeding (1988)	common	A3
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	breeding (1988)	common	A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	LC	breeding (1988)	frequent	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding (1988)	common	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland	National Park (II)	100
1977	North-East Greenland	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	35	Tundra
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	30
Shrubland	20	Heathland
Wetlands (inland)	15	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western part of Germania land (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-part-of-germania-land-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 28/12/2024.