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Lower Tumen river


IBA Justification

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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid VU breeding 1970 rare A1
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus EN passage 1995 rare A1
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus LC winter 1998 min 500 individuals A4i
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri CR breeding 1995 uncommon A1, A3
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa LC passage 1970 uncommon A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata NT passage 1998 2,000-5,000 individuals A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus LC passage 1998 min 400 individuals A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio VU passage 1993 min 300 individuals A1, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis VU passage 1993 min 250 individuals A1, A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana EN passage 1995 rare A1
Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus LC breeding 1996 common A3
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes VU breeding 1998 uncommon A1
Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus LC breeding 2000 min 2,396 individuals A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus NT passage 1998 min 650 individuals A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea CR passage 1983 rare A1
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC passage 1998 min 650 individuals A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer EN passage 1983 rare A1
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris LC breeding 1982-1993 33,490-42,500 breeding pairs A4i
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo LC breeding 1982-1993 1,242-1,650 breeding pairs A4ii
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus VU winter 1995 uncommon A1
Japanese Bush-warbler Horornis diphone LC breeding 1996 common A3
Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankowskii EN breeding 1998 present A1, A3
Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis NT breeding 1996 frequent A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding 1993 min 73,440 individuals A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Yacheistye skaly Nature Monument 3 protected area overlaps with site 0
Priostrovnye akvatorii zaliva Petra Velikogo Nature Monument 300 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ostrova Karamzina i Verhovskogo Nature Monument 100 protected area overlaps with site 0
Obnazhenie Lazurnoe Nature Monument 20 protected area overlaps with site 0
Name Unknown, site No. 277 (Primorskiy kray) Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lesnye kul'tury kedra koreyskogo Nature Monument 2 protected area overlaps with site 0
Kekury Zhaba i Tjulen' Nature Monument 20 protected area overlaps with site 0
Hasanskiy Nature Park 8,790 protected area overlaps with site 0
Geologicheskiy razrez Tobizinskiy Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Geologicheskiy razrez Chernyshevskiy Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Geologicheskiy razrez Aniziyskiy Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Far East Marine UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 121,100 protected area overlaps with site 0
Dalnevostochny Morskoy / Far East Marine Zapovednik 64,316 protected area overlaps with site 0
Buhty zaliva Pos'eta Nature Monument 300 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland) Permanent swamps -
Forest Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Tumen river. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-tumen-river-iba-russia-(asian) on 04/12/2023.