BirdLife Data Zone

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Onega Bay of the White Sea

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IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1988	5,000-6,000 individuals	B1i
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1996	13,500-14,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	resident	1995	2,100-2,200	B1ii, B2
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	1995	2,750 breeding pairs	B1ii, B3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sorokskiy	Zakaznik	73,900	protected area contained by site	0
Sorokski	Zakaznik	73,900	protected area overlaps with site	0
Shuiostrovskiy	Zakaznik	10,000	protected area overlaps with site	3,306
Kuzova	Zakaznik	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kuzova	Zakaznik	3,600	protected area contained by site	0
Islands in Onega Bay, White Sea	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,600	protected area contained by site	3,600

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Wooded tundra	-
Grassland	Tundra	-
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Coastline	Shingle & stony beaches, Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
not utilised	-
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Onega Bay of the White Sea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/05/2022.