Østersletten and Knudshoved, Hold With Hope (Greenland (to Denmark))

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Østersletten and Knudshoved, Hold With Hope

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	non-breeding	1988	315 individuals	B1i

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland	National Park	100
1977	North-East Greenland	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Østersletten and Knudshoved, Hold With Hope (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/østersletten-and-knudshoved-hold-with-hope-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/11/2024.