BirdLife Data Zone

UA069

Syvash Bay

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding	1996	1,000 individuals	B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1996	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1992	200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1998	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	passage	1992	12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	1992	62,000-65,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1992	33,000-35,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	1996	1,000 breeding pairs	A3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1992	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	non-breeding	1996	20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	1989	2-3 breeding pairs	B2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	passage	1989	1,000 individuals	A1
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1992	470-500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1992	150-200 breeding pairs	B2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1992	120-200 breeding pairs	B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1992	400-500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1992	400-500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1992	8,270 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1992	500-600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1992	1,000-2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1992	600-800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	passage	1992	1,000-2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	passage	1992	3,500-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	passage	1992	2,000-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	1992	500-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1992	250-500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1992	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	passage	1992	500-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1992	43,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	passage	1992	6,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage	1992	700-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	passage	1992	127,600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	passage	1992	26,700 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	passage	1992	10-200 individuals	A1
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage	1992	1,500-2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	passage	1992	11,800 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding	1992	400-500 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	LC	passage	1992	1,000-3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1992	300-600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1992	150-300 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1992	3,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	1992	1,850-2,150 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	breeding	1992	475-605 breeding pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1992	2,450 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1992	3,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1992	360 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1989	56-159 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1992	250-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1992	500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1992	2,900-3,080 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1992	315 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1992	4,700 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1992	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1992	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1992	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	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)
Yagorlytska Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	34,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	19,000	protected area contained by site	19,000
Prisivashs'kiy	Regional Zakaznik	1,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Eastern Syvash	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	165,000	protected area contained by site	165,000
Central Syvash	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	80,000	protected area contained by site	80,000
Azovo-Sivashskiy	National Park	52,154	protected area is adjacent to site	38,970
Arabats'kiy	State Zakaznik	600	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Syvash Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/syvash-bay-iba-ukraine on 02/10/2023.