RU1098
Flood-plain of Sura river


IBA Justification

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).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Uchastok lesa Nature Monument 161 protected area overlaps with site 0
Torfyanoe boloto U kordona Nature Monument 100 protected area overlaps with site 0
Torfyanoe boloto Svetloe Nature Monument 66 protected area overlaps with site 0
Torfyanoe boloto Nature Monument 24 protected area overlaps with site 0
Torfyanoe boloto Nature Monument 22 protected area overlaps with site 0
Simkinskiy landshaftny zakaznik Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Sabajevskoe boloto Nature Monument 53 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ozero Pleten' vil'ge Nature Monument 4 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ozero Chevan' Aer'ke Nature Monument 9 protected area overlaps with site 0
Kochkurovskiy Zakaznik 1,273 protected area overlaps with site 1,273
Dubenskiy Zakaznik 13,600 protected area overlaps with site 5,600
Bol'shebereznyakovskiy Zakaznik 6,300 protected area contained by site 4,000

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.

Habitats

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

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.