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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	1989	present	B1i
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	non-breeding	1989	500 individuals	B1i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vodopad a r. Chavan'ga	Nature Monument	100	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Watershed of the Rivers Strelna and Varzuga. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/watershed-of-the-rivers-strelna-and-varzuga-iba-russia-(european) on 21/09/2023.