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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
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1998	present	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3, A4i
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus	LC	breeding	1991	2,000-4,000 individuals	A4i
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	1998	min 2,000 individuals	A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	breeding	1998	1-3 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	1998	uncommon	A4i
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	CR	passage	1998	present	A1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	1998	present	A3
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	breeding	1998	present	A1
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus	VU	breeding	1998	150-200 breeding pairs	A4i
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata	LC	breeding	1998	common	A4ii
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix	NT	breeding	1986-1992	200-1,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo	LC	breeding	1991-2011	12,000-14,000 individuals	A4ii
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	resident	1998	rare	A1, A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident	1998	uncommon	A3
Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis	LC	breeding	1998	uncommon	A3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2004	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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
-	Ostrov Yuzhnyi	Nature Monument	-
-	Ostrov Prokof'eva	Nature Monument	-
-	Ostrov Ptichiy	Nature Monument	-
-	Ostrov Arka	Nature Monument	-
-	Ostrov Utichiy	Nature Monument	-
-	Bukhta Abrek	Nature Monument	-
1997	Shantarskiy	Zakaznik	33

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal), Forest tundra (boreal/arctic)	major (>10)
Grassland	Alpine and subalpine grassland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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