Key Biodiversity Areas

Northwest Spitsbergen National Park (3189)
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway), Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesAlle alleLittle AukLC2014D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAnser brachyrhynchusPink-footed GooseLC2014link-icon
AvesSterna paradisaeaArctic TernLC2014link-icon
AvesSomateria mollissimaCommon EiderLC2014link-icon
AvesRissa tridactylaBlack-legged KittiwakeLC2014link-icon
AvesCepphus grylleBlack GuillemotLC2014link-icon
AvesLarus hyperboreusGlaucous GullLC2014link-icon
AvesUria lomviaThick-billed MurreLC2014link-icon
AvesXema sabiniSabine's GullLC2014link-icon
AvesClangula hyemalisLong-tailed DuckVU2014link-icon
AvesBranta berniclaBrent GooseLC2014link-icon
AvesBranta leucopsisBarnacle GooseLC2014link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 12, 2025.