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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus	EN	resident (1998)	30 pairs	A1, A3, A4i
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata	LC	resident (1998)	40–50 pairs	A3
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	breeding (1998)	2–3 pairs	A1, A3
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus	LC	breeding (1998)	uncommon	A3
Blakiston's Eagle-owl Bubo blakistoni	EN	resident (1998)	8–10 pairs	A1, A3
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Locustella fasciolata	NR	breeding (1998)	uncommon	A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Pale-legged Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica	LC	breeding (1998)	uncommon	A3
Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta	LC	breeding (1998)	uncommon	A3
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus	LC	breeding (1998)	uncommon	A3
Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3
Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami	LC	breeding (1998)	common	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Kedrovye lesa Vostrecovskogo lesnichestva	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Name Unknown, site No. 13 (Primorskiy kray)	Nature Monument (III)	-
1978	Sikhote-Alin	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	34
1991	Gora Bagul'nikovaya	Nature Monument (III)	-
1991	Artezianskiy istochnik	Nature Monument (III)	-
1991	Tisovaya roscha	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal; Broadleaf deciduous forest (temperate/boreal)
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle reaches of the Iman river (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-reaches-of-the-iman-river-iba-russia-(asian) on 23/12/2024.