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The site was identified as important in 2007 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 Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2004	8-11 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2004	2-5 breeding pairs	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2004	4-8 breeding pairs	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sosnovy bor	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sosnovy bor	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pribel'skie sosnovyje bory	Nature Monument	2,975	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lesnye kul'tury kedra	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Elovo-pihtovyje i sosnovyje nasazhdeniya	Nature Monument	996	protected area overlaps with site	0
Birskiy	Zakaznik	18,300	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Birskaya flood-plain of river Belaya. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/birskaya-flood-plain-of-river-belaya-iba-russia-(european) on 25/09/2023.