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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2002	present	A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2002	20-50 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	2002	100-200 breeding pairs	A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding	2002	17-35 breeding pairs	A1

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
1983	Ozero Dikoe	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water, Raised bogs	55
Forest	Mixed	45

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dikoye and Epanchino lakes (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dikoye-and-epanchino-lakes-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.