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Irendyk ridge


Country/territory: Russia (European)

IBA criteria met: A1, B2 (2007)
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Area: 445,670 hectares (4,456.70 km2)


Site description (2001 baseline)
A rather narrow forested mountain ridge.

Key biodiversity
This ridge is a botleneck for more then 20,000 migrating raptors, which mainly breed in West Siberia.

Acknowledgements
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).

Attributes
Raptors MOU - IBA listed under Table 3 of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Irendyk ridge (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/irendyk-ridge-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.