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Seven islands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT breeding 1991 1,407 breeding pairs B1i
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus LC breeding 1991 550 breeding pairs B3
Great Skua Catharacta skua LC breeding 1991 4 breeding pairs B3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding 1991 2,000 breeding pairs B2
Razorbill Alca torda LC breeding 1991 159 breeding pairs B3
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus LC breeding 1991 3 breeding pairs B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding 1991 20,000-49,999 breeding pairs A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kandalakshsky Zapovednik 70,530 protected area overlaps with site 10,603

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Seven islands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/seven-islands-iba-russia-(european) on 19/03/2024.