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Kurgalski Peninsula


IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) of estimate Population at site IBA criteria triggered
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC passage 1998 3,500-4,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC passage 1998 10,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU passage 1998 70,000-75,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC passage 1998 5,000-8,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Goosander Mergus merganser LC passage 1998 20,000-30,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus LC passage 1993 1,000-2,000 individuals B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 1998 100,000-499,999 individuals A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kurgalsky Peninsula Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 65,000 protected area contains site 0
Kurgalsky Peninsula Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) 50,680 protected area contains site 0
Kurgalski Peninsula Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) 50,513 protected area contains site 6,855
Kurgal'skiy p-ov Zakaznik 32,000 protected area overlaps with site 5,032
Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 12,000 protected area contains site 6,855

Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland -
Grassland Humid grasslands -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture -
forestry -
military -
not utilised -
For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1628 on 04/06/2023.