Current view: Data table and detailed info
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
Greylag Goose Anser anser
LC
breeding
1992
130 breeding pairs
B1i
Common Teal Anas crecca
LC
passage
1992
25,000 individuals
A4i, B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
LC
breeding
1993
120-1,500 breeding pairs
A4i, B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
LC
breeding
1993
1,000-2,500 breeding pairs
A4i, B1i, B2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
LC
breeding
1993
100-150 breeding pairs
B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba
LC
breeding
1992
110-330 breeding pairs
A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
LC
breeding
1993
2,000-2,500 breeding pairs
A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
passage
1992
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 conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2017
very unfavourable
very high
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
no
population
medium
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
20,000
protected area contained by site
20,000
Nizhnednestrovskiy
National Park
21,311
protected area contained by site
21,311
Dniester-Turunchuk Crossrivers Area
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
76,000
protected area overlaps with site
10,000
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Alluvial and very wet forest
-
Shrubland
Scrub
-
Grassland
Humid grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
water management
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dnister delta. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dnister-delta-iba-ukraine on 01/10/2023.