Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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: 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 | - |
Coastline | Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons | - |
Sea | Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
military | - |
not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 20/08/2022.