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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1998	3,500-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	1998	70,000-75,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1998	5,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	1998	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	1993	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1998	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Kurgalski Peninsula	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	100
1989	Kurgal'skiy p-ov	Zakaznik	73
1994	Kurgalsky Peninsula	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1994	Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2009	Kurgalsky Peninsula	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		55
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	21
Grassland	Humid grasslands	15
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	55
military	48
forestry	5
not utilised	4

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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 22/11/2024.