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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (1998)	400 birds	B1i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage (1998)	700 birds	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage (1998)	5,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	passage (1998)	300–8,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	passage (1998)	2,400–2,500 birds	A4i, B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Vyborgski Bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	35
1976	Vyborgskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	39

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	80
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
fisheries/aquaculture	95
tourism/recreation	60
not utilised	40
urban/industrial/transport	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vyborgski Bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vyborgski-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.