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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	1986-2005	150-600 individuals	A3, A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding	1973-2000	15-100 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1973-2000	20-2,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	2000	300 breeding pairs	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2000	25-100 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	2000	50 breeding pairs	A3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	1986-2005	100-500 individuals	A4i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	breeding	1986-2005	20-110 breeding pairs	A4i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	passage	1986-2005	30-200 individuals	A4i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	2000	300 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	non-breeding	1986-2000	1,000-7,000 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	breeding	1986-2000	11,500-19,000 individuals	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	breeding	2000	350 breeding pairs	A3
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus	LC	breeding	1999	900-1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	breeding	1981-2005	500-1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1981-2005	2,000-5,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	2000	2,500 breeding pairs	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	2000	300 breeding 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 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Gornokhadatinski	Zakaznik	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water, Rivers & streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires & springs	55
Grassland	Tundra	20
Forest	Wooded tundra	10
Shrubland		10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban & industrial areas	1
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 25/11/2024.