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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1998	present	A4i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	breeding	1998	present	A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	NT	breeding	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	passage	1998	present	A4i
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blakiston's Eagle-owl Bubo blakistoni	EN	resident	1998	present	A1
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	resident	1998	present	A1, A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica	NT	breeding	1998	present	A3
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Forest tundra (boreal/arctic)	-
Shrubland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mukhtel' lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mukhtel-lake-iba-russia-(asian) on 08/12/2023.