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The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1979-1998	70,000-500,000 individuals	A4ii
Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus	LC	breeding	1998	rare	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	passage	1998	rare	A4i
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	breeding	1998	10,000-150,000 individuals	A4i
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata	LC	breeding	1998	present	A4ii
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula	LC	breeding	1998	12,000-25,000 individuals	A4ii
Least Auklet Aethia pusilla	LC	breeding	1998	700 individuals	A4ii
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea	LC	breeding	1998	10,000-20,500 individuals	A4ii
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella	LC	breeding	1998	7,000-50,000 individuals	A4ii
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia	LC	breeding	1998	min 312,000 individuals	A4ii
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	1998	min 833,000 individuals	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1979	300,000-1,500,000 mature individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ostrov Iony s prilegajuschej vodnoj territoriej	Nature Monument	17

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iony Island (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iony-island-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.