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The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	passage	1997	present	A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1997	present	A1
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1997	present	A4i
Siberian Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri	LC	passage	1997	frequent	A4i
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	passage	1997	present	A4i
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	1997	present	A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter	1997	present	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	passage	1997	present	A4i
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	1997	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	1997	present	A1
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	1997	present	A1
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	passage	1997	present	A4i
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	breeding	1997	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1997	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ozerskiy el'nik	Nature Monument	<1
1966	Ozero Dobretskoe	Zakaznik	<1
1972	Poluostrov Kril'on	Zakaznik	5
1977	Laguna Busse	Nature Monument	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban areas	minor (<10)
Forest	Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aniva bay (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aniva-bay-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.