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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	breeding (1997)	common	A1, A3
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata	LC	resident (1985)	54 pairs	A3
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage (1997)	uncommon	A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii	NT	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus	LC	breeding (1997)	uncommon	A3
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus	LC	breeding (1981–1985)	5–8 pairs	A3
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage (1997)	uncommon	A1
Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii	NT	breeding (1997)	3,600–11,400 pairs	A3
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	winter (1997)	uncommon	A1
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus	LC	breeding (1997)	22,800–51,400 pairs	A3
Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus	LC	breeding (1997)	uncommon	A3
Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus	LC	breeding (1997)	uncommon	A3
Pale-legged Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes	LC	breeding (1997)	22,800–34,100 pairs	A3
Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus	LC	breeding (1997)	5,900–118,300 pairs	A3
Purple-backed Starling Agropsar sturninus	LC	breeding (1997)	uncommon	A3
Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica	LC	breeding (1997)	max 8,600 pairs	A3
Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum	LC	breeding (1997)	15,900–20,500 pairs	A3
Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus	LC	breeding (1997)	5,900–30,500 pairs	A3
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana	LC	breeding (1997)	24,600–79,600 pairs	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding (1997)	1,800–122,000 pairs	A3
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia	LC	breeding (1997)	3,200–34,100 pairs	A3
White-throated Rock-thrush Monticola gularis	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Motacilla lugens	NR	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata	LC	breeding (1997)	uncommon	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami	LC	breeding (1997)	11,400–22,800 pairs	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Uchastok s hvoinikom odnosemennym v ust'e r.Kievk	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Peschera Belyi Dvorec	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Vodopad Elamovskiy	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Name Unknown, site No. 225 (Primorskiy kray)	Nature Monument (III)	-
1957	Lazovsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	29
1957	Lazovsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	27
1984	Chernye skaly	Zakaznik (IV)	3
1984	Peschera Primorskiy Velikan	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Ozero Latviya	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Ostrov Haperbe	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Ozero Chuhunenko	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Skala Shapka Manomaha	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Gora Lysaya	Nature Monument (III)	-
1987	Uchastok s rapontikumom	Nature Monument (III)	-
1987	Boloto v buhte Kit	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Ostrov Skaly	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Tisovaya Roscha	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Gora Sestra	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Skaly Mayak Benevskogo	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Gora yastrebovskaya	Nature Monument (III)	-
1989	Sopka Mys	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)
Forest	-	Broadleaf deciduous forest (temperate/boreal); Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal
Grassland	-	Edaphic grassland
Wetlands (inland)	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kievka and Chernaya river basins (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kievka-and-chernaya-river-basins-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/12/2024.