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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1998	3,500-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	1998	70,000-75,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1998	5,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	1998	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	1993	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1998	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kurgalsky Peninsula	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	65,000	protected area contains site	0
Kurgalsky Peninsula	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	50,680	protected area contains site	0
Kurgalski Peninsula	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	50,513	protected area contains site	6,855
Kurgal'skiy p-ov	Zakaznik	32,000	protected area overlaps with site	5,032
Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	12,000	protected area contains site	6,855

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
military	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1628 on 30/05/2023.