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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	breeding	1988	9,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1988	10,000-12,000 individuals	B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1988	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	1988	300-500 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1988	12 breeding pairs	A1, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1988	20,000-49,999 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)
Polyarnyi Krug	Zakaznik	28,300	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kandalakshsky	Zapovednik	70,530	protected area overlaps with site	52,105
Kandalaksha Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	208,000	protected area overlaps with site	208,000
Granitoidy o-va Mikkov	Nature Monument	10	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Kandalakshski Zaliv	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Coastline	Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kandalaksha Bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2022.