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The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1997	present	A4i
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	VU	winter	1997	present	A4i
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	1997	present	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	1997	present	A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica	LC	passage	1997	present	A4i
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel Hydrobates furcatus	LC	breeding	1995-2000	min 150,000 individuals	A4ii
Leach's Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous	VU	breeding	1995-2000	min 500,000 individuals	A4ii
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	2000	min 240,000 individuals	A4ii
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	1997	present	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	1997	present	A1
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	resident	1997	present	A4i
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus	LC	resident	1997	present	A4i
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata	LC	resident	1997	present	A4ii
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata	LC	breeding	2000	min 180,000 individuals	A4ii
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata	LC	winter	1997	present	A4ii
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea	LC	breeding	2000	min 34,000 individuals	A4ii
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella	LC	breeding	2000-2009	min 900,000 individuals	A4ii
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	resident	1997	present	A4ii
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus	LC	resident	1997	present	A4ii
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	resident	1997	present	A4ii
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	breeding	1997	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1997	min 425,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bukhta Kraternaya	Zakaznik	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kuril islands (between Urup and Paramushir) (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kuril-islands-(between-urup-and-paramushir)-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.