• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	non-breeding	1996	1,950 individuals	B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	1996	11 breeding pairs	B2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	non-breeding	1996	2,380-3,480 individuals	B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	breeding	1996	2,090-2,290 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

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	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - motivation unknown/unrecorded	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Burhinus oedicnemus		5	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus		2	15	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	90	300	breeding pairs	100	favourable

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

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yagorlytska Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	34,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kinburn Peninsula	Unknown	17,890	protected area contains site	4,000
Chernomorskiy	National Biosphere Zapovednik	87,348	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chernomorskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	87,348	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kinburns'kyj peninsula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.