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Uzkaya Steppe


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2006 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala EN breeding 1993-1998 1-10 breeding pairs A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius CR breeding 1991-1997 5-10 breeding pairs A1, A3
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni NT breeding 2004 30-35 breeding pairs A1, A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding 1998-2004 3-8 breeding pairs A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU breeding 2004 20-25 breeding pairs A1, A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT breeding 2004 2-10 breeding pairs A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2006).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Volchikhinskiy Zakaznik 32,000 protected area contained by site 0
Volchikhinski Zakaznik 32,800 protected area contained by site 32,800
Urochishche Lyapunikha Zakaznik 710 protected area contained by site 710
Sosnovyi Bor, Uglovskiy Rayon Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Priborovaya Steppe (Malyshev Lug) Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ozero Pes'yanoe Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Ozero Gor'koe Nature Monument 4,180 protected area overlaps with site 0
Malinovoe Ozero Nature Monument 0 protected area overlaps with site 0
Grishin Borok Nature Monument 8 protected area overlaps with site 0
Egor'evskiy Zakaznik 15,000 protected area contained by site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
Grassland -
Wetlands (inland) -
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Unknown -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
forestry -
hunting -
urban/industrial/transport -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uzkaya Steppe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uzkaya-steppe-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 28/11/2023.