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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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	-	max 5,600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	-	100 breeding pairs	A1
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	non-breeding	-	max 34,500 individuals	B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	-	5-8 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	-	3-4 breeding pairs	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	-	20,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	-	200,000-300,000 individuals	A4iii

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)
Zolotoi mokh	Nature Monument	590	protected area overlaps with site	0
Urochische Gorodische-1, Gorodische-2	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Turinskoe	Nature Monument	1,227	protected area contained by site	1,079
Sotel'nyi mokh	Nature Monument	590	protected area contained by site	474
Remdovsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	64,900	protected area contained by site	64,900
Pskovsko-Chudskaya Lowland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	93,600	protected area contained by site	93,600
Pskovskiy Prigorodny	Zakaznik	41,000	protected area overlaps with site	2,568
Pechorskiy	Zakaznik	52,000	protected area overlaps with site	13,952
Ozero Velino	Nature Monument	170	protected area contained by site	170
Ozero Uzhinskoe	Nature Monument	470	protected area overlaps with site	141
Ozero Goristoe	Nature Monument	24	protected area contained by site	24
Ozero Dolgoe	Nature Monument	84	protected area contained by site	84
Ostrov Zemskiy	Nature Monument	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ostrov Verkhniy	Nature Monument	77	protected area overlaps with site	0
Name Unknown, site No. 902 (Pskovskaya obl.)	Not reported	421	protected area contained by site	421
Krivoi mokh	Nature Monument	229	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dubborskoe	Nature Monument	7,545	protected area contained by site	6,346
Bel'skoe	Nature Monument	664	protected area contained by site	540

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chudsko-Pskovski Lake and the adjacent areas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chudsko-pskovski-lake-and-the-adjacent-areas-iba-russia-(european) on 01/10/2023.