Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
| Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
passage (1998–1999) |
1,220–2,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
passage (1998–1999) |
1,000–24,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1998–1999) |
6,000–22,500 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1999) |
10,000-19,999 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1999) |
10,000-19,999 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
passage (1999) |
200 birds |
A1 |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
1,000 pairs |
B1i |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
1,800 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1998–1999) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1996 |
Unskyi |
Zakaznik (-) |
64 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
38 |
|
| Forest |
29 |
Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
3 |
Other urban and industrial areas; Arable land |
| Shrubland |
1 |
Scrub |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Wetlands (inland) |
minor (<10) |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Raised bogs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| hunting |
80 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
45 |
| tourism/recreation |
20 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
2 |
| agriculture |
1 |
| rangeland/pastureland |
1 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Unskaya bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/unskaya-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.
