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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vajgachskiy	Zakaznik	333,000	protected area contained by site	270,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Tundra	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vaygach island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1510 on 28/05/2023.