The site was identified as important in 2016 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 |
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Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A1 |
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer | EN | passage | 2004 | present | A1 |
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Common Murre Uria aalge | LC | breeding | 2006 | min 250,000 individuals | A4ii |
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus | VU | winter | 2004 | present | A1 |
A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 2004 | min 10,000 breeding pairs | A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Poronaisky | Zapovednik | 56,695 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Wetlands (inland) | Shingle and stony beaches | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Urban areas | - |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tyuleniy Island. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tyuleniy-island-iba-russia-(asian) on 25/09/2023.