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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1992-1998	500 individuals	B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1992-1998	200 individuals	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1992-1998	500 individuals	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1999	50 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1992-1998	2-4 breeding pairs	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ten'kovskiy	Zakaznik	53,800	protected area overlaps with site	0
Reka Sviyaga	Nature Monument	13,992	protected area overlaps with site	2,918
Reka Birlya	Nature Monument	4,274	protected area overlaps with site	0
Great Volzhsko-Kamsky/Raifa Forest / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sarali Land between Rivers / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Spassky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sviyazhsky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	16,036,519	protected area overlaps with site	0
Great Volzhsko-Kamsky/Raifa Forest / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sarali Land between Rivers / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Spassky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sviyazhsky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	16,036,519	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Gornyi sosnyak	Nature Monument	70	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Urban parks and gardens	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sviyago-Kubninskaya forest-steppe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/13016 on 01/06/2023.