Data Zone
Country/territory: Russia (European)
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i (2000)
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Area: 645 hectares (6.45 km2)
Site description (2001 baseline)
Bare islands, and shallows, in the northern Caspian Sea.
Key biodiversity
Based on data published in the previous European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989), the site is important for breeding gulls, especially Larus ichthyaetus, and for staging (and wintering in favourable conditions) waterbirds (up to 750,000) including swans Cygnus (up to 14,000).
Acknowledgements
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: Ivan-Karaul island (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ivan-karaul-island-iba-russia-(european) on 27/12/2024.