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Kumikushski wetland


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding (1995) 30–50 pairs A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media NT breeding (1995) 50 pairs A1
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula LC resident (1995) 1 pairs A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa LC resident (1995) 1 pairs A3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding (1995) 5 pairs A1
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera LC breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica VU breeding (1995) 1 pairs A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown (-) min 20,000 birds A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1988 Bol'shoe Kamskoe boloto Nature Monument (III) 17
1991 Pernaty Zakaznik (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) 83 Raised bogs; Fens, transition mires and springs; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation; Rivers and streams
Forest 15 Mixed woodland

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kumikushski wetland (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kumikushski-wetland-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.