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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1992)	80–100 pairs	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding (1992)	100–150 pairs	B1i
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding (1992)	200–250 pairs	B3
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding (1992)	100–150 pairs	B3
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	breeding (1992)	1,400–2,500 pairs	A4i, B1i
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (1992)	2–4 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Ozero Polisto	Nature Monument (III)	2
1977	Rdejskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	2
1994	Rdeisky	Zapovednik (Ia)	22
1994	Polistovsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	21

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	80	Standing freshwater; Raised bogs; Fens, transition mires and springs
Artificial/Terrestrial	10
Forest	10

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	30
other	20
hunting	10
agriculture	6

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Polisto-Lovatskaya mire system (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/polisto-lovatskaya-mire-system-iba-russia-(european) on 22/12/2024.