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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
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding	1990	30 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	1990	100-120 breeding pairs	A3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	1990	50-70 breeding pairs	A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1990	100-120 breeding pairs	A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	1990	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	breeding	1990	3-4 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	1990	300-400 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	55
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	13
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	12

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	95
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle reaches of Bolshaya Rogovaya river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-reaches-of-bolshaya-rogovaya-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.