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 |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding |
1996 |
120-140 breeding pairs |
A1, B2 |
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
LC |
breeding |
1996 |
70-80 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
40-50 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
150-170 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
42-54 breeding pairs |
A4i, B1i |
Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
breeding |
1996 |
15-25 breeding pairs |
A1 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
60-90 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding |
1996 |
10-15 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
2,500-3,000 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
3,000-3,200 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
3,500-4,000 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
1,500-1,700 breeding pairs |
B3 |
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
250-300 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
900-1,100 breeding pairs |
B3 |
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria |
LC |
breeding |
1999 |
800-900 breeding pairs |
B3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
unknown |
- |
min 20,000 individuals |
A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) 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) |
Kukilivs'kiy
|
Regional Zakaznik |
5 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
- |
Grassland |
Humid grasslands |
- |
Wetlands (inland) |
Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs |
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas |
- |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
agriculture |
- |
forestry |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mzha river valley. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mzha-river-valley-iba-ukraine on 19/03/2024.