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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding (2003)	present	A3
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	winter (2003)	present	A1
Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis	LC	breeding (2003)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (>4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yakumo (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yakumo-iba-japan on 23/12/2024.