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Gavrilovski archipelago


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding 1995 2,000 breeding pairs B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding 1995 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kandalakshsky Zapovednik 70,530 protected area overlaps with site 1,595

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Tundra -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gavrilovski archipelago. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gavrilovski-archipelago-iba-russia-(european) on 04/12/2023.