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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (1996)	5,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage (1996)	1–4,000 birds	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1996)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Swans area (southern shore of Finski Bay)	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	80

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	95
Forest	5

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	80
other	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Swans area (southern shore of Finski Bay) (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/swans-area-(southern-shore-of-finski-bay)-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.