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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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1999	1,000 individuals	B1i
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1999	3 breeding pairs	A1
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris	LC	breeding	1999	1,200 breeding pairs	B3
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia	LC	breeding	1999	2,500 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1999	400 breeding pairs	B2

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)
Reka Stepnoi Zai	Nature Monument	10,887	protected area overlaps with site	0
Karabashskaya gora	Nature Monument	50	protected area contained by site	50

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Wooded steppe	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Other urban and industrial areas	-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karabash-Kudashskaya forest-steppe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karabash-kudashskaya-forest-steppe-iba-russia-(european) on 03/12/2023.