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The site was identified as important in 2006 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	2002-2003	12-13 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	2002-2003	present	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2002-2003	980-6,040 breeding pairs	A1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	2002-2003	present	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	2002-2003	30-60 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2002-2003	present	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding	2002-2003	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	2002-2003	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding	2002-2003	4,000-5,780 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Koloniya rakhtovskikh muravejnikov	Natural Monument	<1
1971	Tevrizskiy	Zakaznik	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous	70
Wetlands (inland)		29
Artificial/Terrestrial		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
fisheries/aquaculture	29
forestry	10
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Seketovo, Rakhtovo and Artevo lakes (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/seketovo-rakhtovo-and-artevo-lakes-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.