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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	resident (2002)	present	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding (2002)	20–80 pairs	A1
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding (2002)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Denezhkin Kamen	Zapovednik (Ia)	44
1992	Denezhkin Kamen	Zapovednik (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	90	Native coniferous; Mixed
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	8
Grassland	1	Tundra
Wetlands (inland)	1

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zapovednik "Denezhkin Kamen'" (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zapovednik-"denezhkin-kamen"-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 08/12/2024.