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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
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

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
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of surface water (agricultural use)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	130	130	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Anas crecca		25000	3000	breeding pairs	12	very unfavourable
Fulica atra	Common Coot	2000	2000	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Plegadis falcinellus	Glossy Ibis	810	310	breeding pairs	39	very unfavourable
Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-heron	1750	200	breeding pairs	12	very unfavourable
Ardea purpurea	Purple Heron	125	100	breeding pairs	80	near favourable
Ardea alba	Great White Egret	220	110	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	2500	2000	breeding pairs	80	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap 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

IUCN Habitat	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	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dnister delta. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/02/2023.