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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2007	2,500 individuals	A4i
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura	LC	breeding	2007	common	A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding	2007	common	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	2007	common	A3
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2007	5 breeding pairs	A1
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding	2007	unknown	A3
Gray's Grasshopper-warbler Locustella fasciolata	LC	breeding	2007	unknown	A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi	LC	breeding	2007	unknown	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding	2007	common	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding	2007	common	A3
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki	LC	breeding	2007	unknown	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding	2007	6 breeding pairs	A1, A3

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sayano-Shushensky	Zapovednik	390,368	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sayano-Shushenskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	390,368	protected area overlaps with site	75,000
Hemchikskiy	Zakaznik	64,500	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Secondary grassland, Steppe	-
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal, Montane broadleaf deciduous forest (mont temp), Montane coniferous forest (mont temp/subtrop), Montane mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest	-
Shrubland	Secondary scrub, Subalpine and alpine scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Artificial wetlands, Freshwater lakes and pools, Raised and blanket bogs, Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sayanski canyon of the Enisey river. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/03/2021.