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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1996	50-150 individuals	A1, B1i
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	1996	15-30 breeding pairs	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	200-350 breeding pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1996	20-30 breeding pairs	A1
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus	LC	breeding	1996	1 breeding pairs	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1996	1,000 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	1996	40-80 breeding pairs	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	1996	5-15 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident	1996	80-120 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	resident	1996	100-200 breeding pairs	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1996	2,200 breeding pairs	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	1996	200-600 breeding pairs	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1996	2,000-2,100 breeding pairs	A3
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus	LC	resident	1996	1 individuals	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	1996	500-3,000 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Boloto bez nazvaniya u pos.Bortombaza	Nature Monument	<1
1984	Abkerdzhskiy	Zakaznik	<1
1984	Syktyvkarskiy	Zakaznik	-
1989	Kadzheromskiy	Nature Monument	<1
1989	Garsibskiy	Nature Monument	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Urban parks and gardens	50
Grassland	Humid grasslands	30
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	10
Shrubland	Scrub	10
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Sysola river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-sysola-river-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.