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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1994	18-80 breeding pairs	B2
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1999	82 breeding pairs	B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1992	5,000-7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994	440 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1999	160 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1992	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1994	4,800-12,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1992	5,000 individuals	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	3,000-20,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1994	20,000-49,999 breeding pairs	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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Other	other threat	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Himantopus himantopus		62	251	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus		49	8	breeding pairs	17	very unfavourable
Glareola pratincola	Collared Pratincole	82	31	breeding pairs	38	very unfavourable
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little Gull	6000	1505	individuals	26	very unfavourable
Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	395	1900	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Sternula albifrons	Little Tern	440	300	breeding pairs	69	unfavourable
Chlidonias hybrida	Whiskered Tern	160	100	breeding pairs	63	unfavourable
Chlidonias leucopterus	White-winged Tern	1000	2500	individuals	100	favourable
Chlidonias niger	Black Tern	2500	50	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	8450	3550	breeding pairs	43	unfavourable
Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	11500	60000	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Larus cachinnans		383	12000	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Meotida, Krivokoskiy Liman	Regional Zakaznik	14,352	protected area overlaps with site	473
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,400	protected area contained by site	1,400

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Sand dunes and beaches, Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kryva peninsula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2022.