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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1992	80-100 breeding pairs	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1992	100-150 breeding pairs	B1i
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	1992	200-250 breeding pairs	B3
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding	1992	100-150 breeding pairs	B3
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	breeding	1992	1,400-2,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1992	2-4 breeding pairs	B2

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)
Rdejskiy	Zakaznik	7,065	protected area contained by site	0
Rdeisky	Zapovednik	36,922	protected area contained by site	36,922
Polistovsky	Zapovednik	37,983	protected area contained by site	36,036
Ozero Polisto	Nature Monument	3,057	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Polisto-Lovatskaya mire system. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/polisto-lovatskaya-mire-system-iba-russia-(european) on 25/09/2023.