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Lapland Biosphere Reserve


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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU breeding 1995 100 breeding pairs A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra LC breeding 1995 50-80 breeding pairs A3
Smew Mergellus albellus LC breeding 1995 10-20 breeding pairs A3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC breeding 1995 20 breeding pairs A3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC breeding 1995 500-980 breeding pairs B3
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus VU breeding 1995 5 breeding pairs B2
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii LC breeding 1995 10 breeding pairs A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta LC breeding 1995 2-7 individuals A3
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus LC breeding 1995 10 breeding pairs A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus LC breeding 1995 200 breeding pairs A3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus LC breeding 1995 200 breeding pairs A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC breeding 1995 900 breeding pairs A3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola LC breeding 1995 4,000 breeding pairs A4i, B1i, B2
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula LC resident 1994 10-800 breeding pairs A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa LC resident 1995 20 breeding pairs A3
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus LC breeding 1995 10-200 breeding pairs A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus LC resident 1995 2,500-3,500 breeding pairs B2
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus LC resident 1995 2-5 breeding pairs A3, B2
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus LC resident 1995 880-2,000 breeding pairs A3, B2
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus LC resident 1995 4,400-10,300 breeding pairs A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis LC breeding 1995 1-6,000 breeding pairs A3
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos LC breeding 1995 1,500-1,700 breeding pairs B3
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata LC breeding 1995 12,100 breeding pairs B2
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus LC breeding 1995 3,900-7,500 breeding pairs B2
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus LC breeding 1995 100-5,000 breeding pairs A3
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis LC breeding 1995 8,500-15,000 breeding pairs B3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla LC breeding 1995 24,000-40,000 breeding pairs A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator LC breeding 1995 900-5,000 breeding pairs A3
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus LC breeding 1995 1,030-4,300 breeding pairs A3, B3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera LC breeding 1995 2,000-31,000 breeding pairs A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus LC breeding 1995 100 breeding pairs A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis LC breeding 1995 130-700 breeding pairs A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica VU breeding 1995 2,900-5,500 breeding pairs A3

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
1930 Laplandsky Zapovednik 100
1984 Laplandskiy UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100
1984 Vuvskiy Zakaznik 1

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Mixed woodland, Wooded tundra 63
Grassland Tundra 19
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs 12
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Scree & boulders 6
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lapland Biosphere Reserve (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lapland-biosphere-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.