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Signal'nyy Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus LC breeding 2012 min 22,370 individuals A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 2004 min 10,000 breeding pairs A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).


Habitats

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Signal'nyy Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/signalnyy-island-iba-russia-(asian) on 24/09/2023.