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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis	NT	resident (1998)	present	A3
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (1998)	present	A4i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	passage (1998)	present	A4i
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blakiston's Eagle-owl Bubo blakistoni	EN	resident (1998)	present	A1
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	resident (1998)	present	A1, A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica	NT	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila	LC	breeding (1998)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal); Forest tundra (boreal/arctic)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mukhtel' lake (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mukhtel-lake-iba-russia-(asian) on 18/01/2025.