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Kondinskiye lakes


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia LC breeding 2004 present A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus LC resident 2004 250 breeding pairs A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding 2004 present A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC breeding 2004 26 breeding pairs A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC passage 2004 1,077 individuals A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser LC passage 2004 231 individuals A4i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC passage 2004 1,950 individuals 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 breeding pairs A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC breeding 2004 120 breeding 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1971 Verkhne-Kondinsky Zakaznik (Federal) 6
1988 Ozero Range-Tur Nature Monument 3
1998 Kondinskie ozera Historical-natural Protected Site 87
1998 Kondinskiye ozera Ethno-Nature Park 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) 59
Forest 40
Artificial/Terrestrial 1
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.