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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2016

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Forest tundra (boreal/arctic)	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Alpine and subalpine grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Shantarskiye Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/06/2022.