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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	non-breeding	1989	1-500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1995	9 breeding pairs	A1
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	breeding	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1995	1-10 breeding pairs	B2
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	resident	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	Naskal'nye risunki	Nature Monument	-
1981	Ponojskiy	Zakaznik	36

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
hunting	100
tourism/recreation	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ponoiskaya depression (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ponoiskaya-depression-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.