Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
non-breeding (1988) |
5,000–6,000 birds |
B1i |
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
13,500–14,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle |
LC |
resident (1995) |
2,100–2,200 |
B1ii, B2 |
| Razorbill Alca torda |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
2,750 pairs |
B1ii, B3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Kuzova |
Zakaznik (-) |
-
|
| - |
Shuiostrovskiy
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
1 |
| 1991 |
Kuzova
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
1 |
| 1996 |
Sorokskiy
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
2 |
| 1996 |
Sorokski |
Zakaznik (-) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
50 |
|
| Forest |
20 |
Native coniferous woodland; Wooded tundra |
| Grassland |
5 |
Tundra |
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
90 |
| other |
30 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
10 |
| tourism/recreation |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Onega Bay of the White Sea (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/onega-bay-of-the-white-sea-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
