East slope of the Northern Ural (Russia (Central Asian))

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East slope of the Northern Ural

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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	2004	210-430 breeding pairs	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2004	30-80 breeding pairs	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2004	5-18 breeding pairs	A3
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	2004	12-30 breeding pairs	A1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	2004	20-55 breeding pairs	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	breeding	2004	4-10 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	2004	3-23 breeding pairs	A3
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	breeding	2004	9-26 breeding pairs	A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2004	17-35 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	2004	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed, Native coniferous	45
Grassland	Tundra, Alpine, subalpine & boreal	13
Other		12
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		9
Shrubland		8
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	80
hunting	7
tourism/recreation	6
forestry	5
fisheries/aquaculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East slope of the Northern Ural (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-slope-of-the-northern-ural-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.