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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
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1990	10 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	1990	200 breeding pairs	B3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1990	200 breeding pairs	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	1990	20 breeding pairs	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	1990	30 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1990	100 breeding pairs	A3
Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis	LC	breeding	1990	50 breeding pairs	B2
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	1990	100 breeding pairs	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	1990	1 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
1991	Vishersky	Zapovednik	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	70
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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