RU2008
Kondinskiye lakes


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia LC breeding (2004) present A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus LC resident (2004) 250 pairs A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding (2004) present A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC breeding (2004) 26 pairs A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC passage (2004) 1,077 birds A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser LC passage (2004) 231 birds A4i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC passage (2004) 1,950 birds A4i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope LC breeding (2004) present A3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU breeding (2004) present A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus LC breeding (2004) 40 pairs A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC breeding (2004) 120 pairs A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus LC breeding (2004) present A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis LC breeding (2004) present A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus LC breeding (2004) present A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla LC breeding (2004) present A3
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra LC breeding (2004) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1971 Verkhne-Kondinsky Zakaznik (Federal) (IV) 6
1988 Ozero Range-Tur Nature Monument (III) 3
1998 Kondinskie ozera Historical-natural Protected Site (II) 87
1998 Kondinskiye ozera Ethno-Nature Park (-) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 59
Forest 40
Artificial/Terrestrial 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100
not utilised 60
forestry 40
hunting 40
tourism/recreation 30
fisheries/aquaculture 7
urban/industrial/transport minor (<10)
other minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kondinskiye lakes (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kondinskiye-lakes-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/12/2024.