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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1988	1,315-4,050 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1988	4,640-5,250 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	1996	175 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1995	30,000 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1995	56,800 breeding pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1995	7,000,000-10,000,000 individuals	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Volga Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	800,000	is identical to site	800,000
Staroigolkinskiy	Nature Monument	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Khazovskiy	Nature Monument	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kalininskiy Nerestovyi Massiv	Nature Monument	3,416	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gandurinskiy	Nature Monument	5	protected area overlaps with site	0
Estakadnyi Nerestovyi Massiv	Nature Monument	300	protected area overlaps with site	0
Astrakhansky (Buffer Zone)	Buffer Zone (adjacent to Zapovednik)	18,010	protected area contained by site	18,010
Astrakhansky	Zapovednik	66,816	protected area contained by site	66,816
Astrakhanskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	97,816	protected area contained by site	66,816

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Coastline	Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Sand dunes & beaches, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Volga Delta. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/09/2022.