Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
passage (1995) |
40,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1995) |
40,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
2,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3 |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
passage (1995) |
1,500 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
3,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
3,000 pairs |
B1i, B2 |
| Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
VU |
passage (1995) |
10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
passage (1995) |
10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
1 pairs |
B2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1995) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1997 |
Shoinskiy
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
78 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Tundra |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Torna-Shoina watershed (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/torna-shoina-watershed-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
