Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2016
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus | VU | passage | 2004 | present | A1 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 2,000-4,000 individuals | A4i |
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A1 |
Hooded Crane Grus monacha | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A1, A3 |
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata | LC | unknown | 2004 | present | A4i |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea | CR | passage | 2004 | present | A1 |
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer | EN | breeding | 2004 | present | A1 |
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4ii |
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix | NT | breeding | 1986-1992 | 200-1,000 individuals | A1, A4ii |
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo | LC | breeding | 1991-2011 | 12,000-14,000 individuals | A4ii |
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus | VU | resident | 2004 | present | A1, A3 |
A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 2004 | min 10,000 breeding pairs | A4iii |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | unknown | 2004 | min 20,000 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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Shantarskiy | Zakaznik | 515,500 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ostrov Yuzhnyi | Nature Monument | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ostrov Utichiy | Nature Monument | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ostrov Ptichiy | Nature Monument | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ostrov Prokof'eva | Nature Monument | 150 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ostrov Arka | Nature Monument | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Bukhta Abrek | Nature Monument | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Forest tundra (boreal/arctic) | - |
Shrubland | - | |
Grassland | Alpine and subalpine grassland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Shantarskiye Islands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/06/2022.