Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding |
1996 |
150-200 breeding pairs |
A1 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).
Local Conservation Groups
The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.
Name |
Year formed |
Biological department of Mordovia univesity |
2006 |
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click
here.
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest |
- |
Shrubland |
|
- |
Grassland |
Humid grasslands |
- |
Wetlands (inland) |
Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams |
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Arable land |
- |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
agriculture |
- |
forestry |
- |
hunting |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
not utilised |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of Sura river. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-sura-river-iba-russia-(european) on 19/03/2024.