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The site was identified as important in 2016 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	breeding	1986	3-10 breeding pairs	A3
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	breeding	1986	3 individuals	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	1986	20-50 breeding pairs	A3
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	LC	breeding	1986	50-100 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	1986	5-20 breeding pairs	A3
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta	LC	breeding	1986	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	1986	50 individuals	A1, A4i
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	1986	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1986	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	passage	1986	10 individuals	A1, A4i
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus	VU	breeding	1987	1,450-1,960 individuals	A4i
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix	NT	non-breeding	1984-1987	200-1,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	resident	1998	5-8 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3
Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis	LC	breeding	1986	100-200 breeding pairs	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding	1986	20 breeding pairs	A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi	LC	breeding	1986	70 breeding pairs	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1986	50 breeding pairs	A3
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus	LC	breeding	1986	5 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding	1986	20 breeding pairs	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica	NT	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella	LC	breeding	1986	100 breeding pairs	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1986	50 breeding pairs	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	1986	500-2,000 breeding pairs	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3
Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi	LC	breeding	1986	20 breeding pairs	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding	1986	500-1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	1986	30 breeding pairs	A3
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila	LC	breeding	1986	10 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zaliv Schast'ya s ostrovami Kevor i Chayachnyi	Nature Monument	-
-	Vlas'evskie torfyaniki	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Forest tundra (boreal/arctic)	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Schast'ya Gulf (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/schastya-gulf-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/11/2024.