Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus | LC | breeding | - | 75,000 breeding pairs | A3, A4i, B1i |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis | LC | breeding | 1987 | 2,500-3,000 breeding pairs | A3, A4i, B1i, B3 |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis | LC | breeding | 1987 | 33,000 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | LC | breeding | 1984 | 100,000 breeding pairs | A3, A4i, B1i |
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis | VU | breeding | 1987 | 20,000 breeding pairs | A3, A4i, B1i |
Goosander Mergus merganser | LC | breeding | 1987 | 2,500-3,000 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i |
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus | VU | breeding | 1991 | 5 breeding pairs | A3, B2 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10 breeding pairs | B2 |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Vajgachskiy | Zakaznik | 333,000 | protected area contained by site | 270,000 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | Tundra | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vaygach island. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1510 on 28/05/2023.