BirdLife Data Zone

RU1009

Kandalaksha Bay

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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	1988	9,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1988	10,000-12,000 individuals	B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1988	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1988	300-500 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1988	12 breeding pairs	A1, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1988	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 (2000).

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Polyarnyi Krug	Zakaznik	28,300	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kandalakshsky	Zapovednik	70,530	protected area overlaps with site	52,105
Kandalaksha Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	208,000	protected area overlaps with site	208,000
Granitoidy o-va Mikkov	Nature Monument	10	protected area overlaps with site	0

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Kandalakshski Zaliv	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kandalaksha Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kandalaksha-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 24/09/2023.