Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | 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: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA 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 | - |
Marine Intertidal | - | |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
military | - |
not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1628 on 30/05/2023.