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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	1989	500-600 breeding pairs	B3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1991	22 breeding pairs	A1
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	2004	10-15 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1999-2002	28-35 males	B2

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zhitkovichskiy	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	15,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bielaje fish farm. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2022.