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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
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2003	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2003	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2003	present	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2003	min 100,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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