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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1998)	2,500 pairs	A4i, B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1998)	12,000 pairs	B1i, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Maliy Zhemchuzhny Island	Natural Monument (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maly Zhemchuzhny island (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maly-zhemchuzhny-island-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.