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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	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1998	500-1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1998	350-550 individuals	B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	3,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1998	5,000-15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1998	100-200 breeding pairs	A1
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1998	200-300 breeding pairs	B2
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina	LC	breeding	1998	3,000-5,000 breeding pairs	B3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zakaznik lekarstvennykh rasteniy	Nature Monument	200	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ozero Churilka	Nature Monument	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
Krasnoslobodskiy	Zakaznik	6,500	protected area contained by site	6,500
Krasnoslobodskaya lesnaya dacha	Nature Monument	365	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kovylkinskiy	Zakaznik	3,500	protected area contained by site	0
Koloniya seroj tsapli	Nature Monument	200	protected area overlaps with site	0
Derevo - gibrid topolya i osiny	Nature Monument	2	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moksha flood-plain in vicinity of Krasnoslobodsk. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moksha-flood-plain-in-vicinity-of-krasnoslobodsk-iba-russia-(european) on 25/09/2023.