Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1998) |
3,500–4,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1998) |
10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
passage (1998) |
70,000–75,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
passage (1998) |
5,000–8,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
passage (1998) |
20,000–30,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
passage (1993) |
1,000–2,000 birds |
B1i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1998) |
100,000-499,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Kurgalski Peninsula |
Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) |
100
|
| 1989 |
Kurgal'skiy p-ov
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
73 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
55 |
|
| Forest |
21 |
Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland |
| Grassland |
15 |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
55 |
| military |
48 |
| forestry |
5 |
| not utilised |
4 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kurgalski Peninsula (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kurgalski-peninsula-iba-russia-(european) on 24/12/2024.
