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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 estimate	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: 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)
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	-

For further information about the 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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2022.