BirdLife Data Zone

RU1141

Delta of the River Don

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	1996-1997	4,000-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996-1997	500-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1997-2007	300-500 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1996-1997	10,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2006-2007	30,000-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1996-2007	20-50 individuals	A1
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	passage	2006-2007	200-300 individuals	B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	passage	1996-1997	6,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	1996-2007	30,000-100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	2006-2007	2,000-2,500 breeding pairs	B2
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	passage	2006-2007	10,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	1996-1997	100-150 individuals	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1996-2007	10-30 breeding pairs	A1
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	passage	1996-1997	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	passage	1996-1997	30,000-40,000 individuals	B1i
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	breeding	1996-2007	500-1,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	passage	2006-2007	5,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	1996-1997	2,000-4,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	2006-2007	10,000-15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	breeding	1996-2007	300-800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	passage	2006-2007	5,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2006-2007	600 breeding pairs	A1
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	passage	2006-2007	1,500-2,000 individuals	A1
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	breeding	1997-2007	8,000-12,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	passage	2006-2007	100,000-150,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	2006-2007	50-70 breeding pairs	B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2006-2007	200-500 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	passage	2006-2007	1,000-3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2006-2007	30-50 breeding pairs	B2
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	LC	passage	1996-1997	6,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	passage	1996-1997	5,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1996-2007	300-500 breeding pairs	B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	2006-2007	100-200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	passage	1996-2007	500-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	passage	1996-2007	1,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	2006-2007	150-300 breeding pairs	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1996-2007	1,000-2,730 breeding pairs	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996-2007	5,000-10,000 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	passage	1996-2007	1,000-5,000 individuals	B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	passage	1996-1997	1,500-3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2006-2007	1,000-2,000 individuals	A1, B1i
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	passage	1996-1997	1,000-2,000 individuals	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	1996-2007	100-1,000 individuals	A1
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	passage	1996-1997	3,500-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	passage	1996-1997	5,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	passage	1996-2007	200,000-300,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1996-1997	10,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	passage	1996-2007	50-200 individuals	B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1996-1997	80,000-100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1996-2007	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1996-2007	60,000-120,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage	2006-2007	20-50 individuals	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1996-2007	10-24 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2006-2007	10-20 breeding pairs	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	passage	2006-2007	min 100 individuals	A1
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2006-2007	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	1996-2007	300-1,600 individuals	A1
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	1996-2007	10-20 breeding pairs	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996-2007	2,000-4,000 individuals	B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1996-2007	min 20,000 breeding pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996-2007	min 100,000 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rostovskoe GOOH (Azovskiy uchastok)	Managed Resource Protected Area	5,037	protected area contained by site	5,037
Name Unknown, site No. 901 (Rostovskaya obl.)	Not reported	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Girlovskiy	Zakaznik	5,000	protected area contained by site	0
Donskoj rybny zapovednik (Donskoe zapretnoe rybnoe prostranstvo)	Nature Park	68,000	protected area contained by site	11,308
Del'ta Dona	Zakaznik	30,213	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta of the River Don. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-of-the-river-don-iba-russia-(european) on 24/09/2023.