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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
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	breeding	1993	3,000-5,000 breeding pairs	B2
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	breeding	1993	3,000-7,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1986	1,100 breeding pairs	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1993	30-40 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1990	100-150 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994	200-300 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1995	200 breeding pairs	B2
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident	1995	100 breeding pairs	B3
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1993	500 breeding pairs	B2
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	LC	breeding	1995	3,000-10,000 breeding pairs	B3
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia	LC	breeding	1986	20,000-30,000 breeding pairs	B2
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia	LC	breeding	1995	3,000-5,000 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1993	7,600-14,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Polesski Radio-ecological	Zapovednik	211,500	protected area overlaps with site	6,500

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
agriculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Pripyat. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-pripyat-iba-belarus on 23/09/2023.