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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1998	30,000-70,000 individuals	A4i
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1998	5,000-7,000 individuals	A4i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1998	frequent	A3
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	VU	breeding	1998	frequent	A3
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	breeding	1998	common	A3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1998	uncommon	A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	LC	breeding	1998	abundant	A3
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	LC	breeding	1998	frequent	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus	VU	breeding	1998	common	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis	LC	breeding	1998	common	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1998	min 66,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Bolshoy Arktichesky / Great Arctic	Zapovednik	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Nizhnyaya Taymyra river (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-nizhnyaya-taymyra-river-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.