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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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	breeding	-	75,000 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1987	2,500-3,000 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i, B3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	breeding	1987	33,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	breeding	1984	100,000 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1987	20,000 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	1987	2,500-3,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus	VU	breeding	1991	5 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1991	10 breeding pairs	B2

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
1983	Vajgachskiy	Zakaznik	81

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tundra	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	90
agriculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vaygach island (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vaygach-island-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.