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Kumikushski wetland


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 1995 30-50 breeding pairs A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media NT breeding 1995 50 breeding pairs A1
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula LC resident 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa LC resident 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding 1995 5 breeding pairs A1
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera LC breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica VU breeding 1995 1 breeding pairs A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown - min 20,000 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1988 Bol'shoe Kamskoe boloto Nature Monument 17
1991 Pernaty Zakaznik 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Rivers and streams 83
Forest Mixed woodland 15
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.