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Islands in Peter the Great bay


IBA Justification

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
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Hydrobates monorhis NT breeding 1988-1998 5,650-8,000 breeding pairs A4ii
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas NT breeding 1999 min 300 individuals A1
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris LC breeding 1972-1998 3,700-15,000 breeding pairs A4i
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo LC breeding 1998 900 breeding pairs A4ii
Pleske's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes pleskei VU breeding 1982 rare A1

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Name Unknown, site No. 264 (Primorskiy kray) Nature Monument -
1956 Ostrovnoy Zakaznik 2
1974 Ozero Maloe Mramornoe Nature Monument -
2003 Far East Marine UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 14
2003 Far East Marine UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands in Peter the Great bay (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-in-peter-the-great-bay-iba-russia-(asian) on 23/11/2024.