Current view: Data table and detailed info
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
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
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
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
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
333,000
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
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/vaygach-island-iba-russia-(european) on 08/12/2023.