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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding (1986–2005)	150–600 birds	A3, A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding (1973–2000)	15–100 pairs	A1, A3
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1973–2000)	20–2,000 birds	A1, A4i
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding (2000)	300 pairs	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding (2000)	25–100 pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding (2000)	50 pairs	A3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage (1986–2005)	100–500 birds	A4i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	breeding (1986–2005)	20–110 pairs	A4i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	passage (1986–2005)	30–200 birds	A4i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding (2000)	300 pairs	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	non-breeding (1986–2000)	1,000–7,000 birds	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	breeding (1986–2000)	11,500–19,000 birds	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	breeding (2000)	350 pairs	A3
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus	LC	breeding (1999)	900–1,000 pairs	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	breeding (1981–2005)	500–1,000 pairs	A4i
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding (1981–2005)	2,000–5,000 pairs	A4i
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding (2000)	2,500 pairs	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding (2000)	300 pairs	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (1999)	80,000–95,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Gornokhadatinski	Zakaznik (-)	4

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	55	Standing fresh water; Rivers & streams; Raised bogs; Fens, transition mires & springs
Grassland	20	Tundra
Forest	10	Wooded tundra
Shrubland	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	1	Other urban & industrial areas
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	1

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
rangeland/pastureland	50
forestry	10
fisheries/aquaculture	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Basins of the Schuchya and Khadytayakha rivers (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basins-of-the-schuchya-and-khadytayakha-rivers-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 28/12/2024.