Rare and Endangered Species

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On 1, July 2020 there were 3216 taxonomic units registered in Pasvik Nature Reserve. Some of them are on Red Lists:

4 species on the IUCN Red List;
22 species in the Red Data Book of Russia;
117 species in the Red Data Book of Murmansk Region.

On 1, July 2020 there were 3216 taxonomic units registered in Pasvik Nature Reserve. Some of them are on Red Lists:

4 species on the IUCN Red List;
22 species in the Red Data Book of Russia;
117 species in the Red Data Book of Murmansk Region.

33 bird species and 6 mammal species are in the Red Data Book of Murmansk Region (2014):

16 of them are permanent inhabitants of the nature reserve;
17 of bird species were observed only once in the nature reserve, its surrounding area and the Norwegian bank of the Pasvik River (vagrant and transient species).

12 bird species of Pasvik Nature Reserve are in the Red Data Book of Russia (2020): for instance, osprey, golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, peregrine falcon, eurasian eagle-owl.

The list of fungi, lichen and plant species in Red Data Books of Russia and Murmansk Region is given below.

The list was made in accordance with publications and data not published, herbaria and collections of all time observations in Pasvik Nature Reserve. The list of rare species is subject to annual update.

The following abbreviations are used in the list:

RDBR:

Animals — the Red Data Book of Russia (2020);
Plants, lichen, fungi — the Red Data Book of Russia (plants and fungi, 2008).

RDBMR — the Red Data Book of Murmansk Region (2014).

Red book categories:

0 — may be extinct in the region;
1a — critically endangered;
1b — endangered;
2 — vulnerable, including those with decreasing populations;
3 — rare, near threatened;
4 — data deficient;
5 — special conservation status.

Vertebrates, permanently inhabiting the area, belong to the following categories of the Red Data Book of Murmansk Region (2014):

category 2 — vulnerable, including those with decreasing populations: 3 bird species (peregrine falcon, gyrfalcon, ural owl) and 1 mammal species (eurasian otter);
category 3 — rare, near threatened: 11 bird species (whooper swan, shrew, osprey, golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, common kestrel, common crane, eurasian dotterel, broad-billed sandpiper, great grey owl, great grey shrike) and 2 mammal species (eurasian least shrew, northern bat);
category 4 — data deficient: 2 bird species (greylag goose, white-throated dipper) and 2 mammal species (lynx, roe deer)

List of Rare and Endangered Species