Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
breeding (-) |
75,000 pairs |
A3, A4i, B1i |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
breeding (1987) |
2,500–3,000 pairs |
A3, A4i, B1i, B3 |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
breeding (1987) |
33,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1984) |
100,000 pairs |
A3, A4i, B1i |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
breeding (1987) |
20,000 pairs |
A3, A4i, B1i |
| Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
breeding (1987) |
2,500–3,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus |
VU |
breeding (1991) |
5 pairs |
A3, B2 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10 pairs |
B2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1983 |
Vajgachskiy
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
81 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
100 |
Tundra |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
100 |
| nature conservation and research |
90 |
| agriculture |
30 |
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 25/12/2024.
