BirdLife Data Zone

RU1087

Izhevsk flood-plain of Oka river

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1996	1,000-1,500 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1996	15,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	200-300 breeding pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1996	150-300 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ryazansky	Zakaznik (Federal)	36,000	protected area overlaps with site	20,000
Ozero Terekhovskaya Tish'	Nature Monument	22	protected area overlaps with site	0
Oksky	Zapovednik	55,744	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Okskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	77,193	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Oka & Pra River Floodplains	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	161,542	protected area is adjacent to site	30,000

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Izhevskaya poima Oki	2005

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	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Unknown		-

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Izhevsk flood-plain of Oka river. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/izhevsk-flood-plain-of-oka-river-iba-russia-(european) on 04/10/2023.