Eastern Gulf of Finland (Estonia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Eastern Gulf of Finland

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	2015-2016	5,000-20,925 individuals	A1, B3a, C1, C3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	2016	min 13,299 individuals	A1, C1
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	passage	2015-2016	4,949-10,582 individuals	A1, A4, B3a, C1, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Gulf of Finland (Estonia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-gulf-of-finland-iba-estonia on 23/11/2024.