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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1995	100 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1995	10-20 breeding pairs	A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	1995	50-80 breeding pairs	A3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	1995	20 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	1995	500-980 breeding pairs	B3
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	breeding	1995	5 breeding pairs	B2
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	1995	10 breeding pairs	A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	unknown	1995	2-7 individuals	A3
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus	LC	breeding	1995	10 breeding pairs	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1995	200 breeding pairs	A3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	breeding	1995	200 breeding pairs	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1995	900 breeding pairs	A3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1995	4,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	1994	10-800 breeding pairs	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	1995	20 breeding pairs	A3
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus	LC	breeding	1995	10-200 breeding pairs	A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	resident	1995	2,500-3,500 breeding pairs	B2
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	resident	1995	2-5 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident	1995	880-2,000 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	resident	1995	4,400-10,300 breeding pairs	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1995	1-6,000 breeding pairs	A3
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding	1995	1,500-1,700 breeding pairs	B3
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata	LC	breeding	1995	12,100 breeding pairs	B2
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	LC	breeding	1995	3,900-7,500 breeding pairs	B2
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	1995	100-5,000 breeding pairs	A3
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	LC	breeding	1995	8,500-15,000 breeding pairs	B3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1995	24,000-40,000 breeding pairs	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	1995	900-5,000 breeding pairs	A3
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus	LC	breeding	1995	1,030-4,300 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	1995	2,000-31,000 breeding pairs	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	1995	100 breeding pairs	A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	LC	breeding	1995	130-700 breeding pairs	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	1995	2,900-5,500 breeding pairs	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.

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)
Vuvskiy	Zakaznik	17,250	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pirengskiy	Zakaznik	45,600	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Laplandsky	Zapovednik	278,436	protected area contains site	278,436
Laplandskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	278,400	protected area contains site	278,400

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Wooded tundra	-
Grassland	Tundra	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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