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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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	1996	6-8 breeding pairs	B2
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	1994	160 individuals	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1999	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1999	1,650-2,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1994	100-130 breeding pairs	B3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1994	60-70 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	1994	3,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1994	2,700 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1994	2,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1994	360 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	passage	1994	500-600 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	-	20,000 individuals	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)
Astanins'ki zaplavi	State Zakaznik	50	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kazantip Cape, Aktash lake and Astanins'ka marsh. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kazantip-cape-aktash-lake-and-astaninska-marsh-iba-ukraine on 04/10/2023.