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Preobrazheniya island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
King Eider Somateria spectabilis LC breeding 1998 uncommon A3
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU breeding 1998 frequent A3
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva LC breeding 1998 frequent A3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT breeding 1998 rare A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii LC breeding 1998 frequent A3
Dunlin Calidris alpina NT breeding 1998 uncommon A3
Little Stint Calidris minuta LC breeding 1998 frequent A3
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius LC breeding 1998 frequent A3
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla VU breeding 1990 30,000-40,000 individuals A4i
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus LC breeding 1998 abundant A3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea LC breeding 1998 uncommon A3
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus LC breeding 1998 uncommon A3
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus VU breeding 1998 common A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus LC breeding 1998 frequent A3
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis LC breeding 1998 common A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1998 60,000-70,000 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1995 Terpej-Tumus Resource Reserve 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Grassland Tundra major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Wetlands (inland) -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Preobrazheniya island (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/preobrazheniya-island-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.