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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Group of near-coastal rocky islets in the tundra zone surrounded by unfreezen during winter sea water.
There are more than 20,000 pairs of nesting waterbirds here.
Over-fishing means that there is no food available for birds.
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gavrilovski archipelago (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gavrilovski-archipelago-iba-russia-(european) on 07/12/2024.