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Tunkin valley


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus LC resident (1997) uncommon A3
Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica LC resident (1997) common A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus LC resident (1997) uncommon A3
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides LC resident (1997) rare A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC breeding (1997) common A3
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa LC passage (1997) rare A1
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope LC breeding (1997) uncommon A3
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Common Crane Grus grus LC breeding (1997) uncommon A3
Hooded Crane Grus monacha VU passage (1997) rare A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda EN breeding (1997) present A1, A3
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria LC resident (1997) rare A3
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura LC breeding (1997) common A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula LC resident (1997) rare A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum LC resident (1997) rare A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa LC resident (1997) rare A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding (1997) rare A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU breeding (1997) rare A1
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus LC resident (1997) uncommon A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus LC resident (1997) rare A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis LC breeding (1997) common A3
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane LC breeding (1997) common A3
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki LC breeding (1997) uncommon A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus LC resident (1997) rare A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta LC breeding (1997) common A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla LC breeding (1997) uncommon A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla LC resident (1997) rare A3
Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus LC breeding (1997) rare A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola LC resident (1997) rare A3
Asian Rosy-finch Leucosticte arctoa LC resident (1997) uncommon A3
Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi LC breeding (1997) uncommon A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola CR breeding (1997) common A3
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila LC breeding (1997) rare A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Ozero Khobokskoe Nature Monument (III) -
- Potukhshiy vulkan Podgornyi Nature Monument (III) -
- Potukhshiy vulkan Khurya-Boldok Nature Monument (III) -
- Gora Margasanskaya sopka Nature Monument (III) -
- Mestnost' Zaktuy Nature Monument (III) -
- Obnazhenie Belyi Yar Nature Monument (III) -
- Pervyi vodopad rekkee Kyngyrga Nature Monument (III) -
- Tunkinskaya skvazhina Nature Monument (III) -
- Bazal'tovaya gora Nature Monument (III) -
- Potukhshiy vulkan Kovrizhka Nature Monument (III) -
1975 Reka Ihe-Uhgun' Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Potuhshiy vulkan Ulyaborskiy Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Mramornoe dno r. Kyngyrgi Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Kojmorskie ozera Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Listvennitsa-dolgozhitel' Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Potuhshiy vulkan Tal'skaya vershina Nature Monument (III) -
1980 Istochnik Nilova pustyn' Nature Monument (III) -
1981 Tunkinskaya skvazhina (vyshka) Nature Monument (III) -
1984 Istochnik Hongor-Ulla Nature Monument (III) -
1991 Tunkinsky National Park (II) 100
1996 Lake Baikal World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) 12

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Coniferous forest (temperate/boreal); Montane coniferous forest (mont temp/subtrop); Forest steppe (temperate/boreal)
Grassland - Alpine and subalpine grassland
Shrubland - Subalpine and alpine scrub
Wetlands (inland) -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tunkin valley (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tunkin-valley-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/12/2024.