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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	1996	4 breeding pairs	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	A1
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	1996	25 breeding pairs	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident	1996	5 breeding pairs	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	1996	10 breeding pairs	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	1996	25 breeding pairs	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	1996	150 breeding pairs	A3
Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis	LC	breeding	1996	30 breeding pairs	B2
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	-	present	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	-	present	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
-	Name Unknown, site No. 19 (Respublika Bashkortostan, Beloretskiy rayon)	Zakaznik	-
1965	Gora Bol'shoj Yaman-Tau	Nature Monument	-
1978	Yuzhno-Uralsky	Zapovednik	75

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	90
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
unknown	10

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