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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
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)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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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 22/11/2024.