RU1005
Coastal belt of eastern Murmansk


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
King Eider Somateria spectabilis LC winter (-) 1 birds A4i, B1i
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT winter (1988) 1 birds A4i, B1i

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coastal belt of eastern Murmansk (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coastal-belt-of-eastern-murmansk-iba-russia-(european) on 28/12/2024.