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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
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	2002	16 breeding pairs	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding	2002	2 breeding pairs	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident	2002	2 breeding pairs	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2002	< 50 individuals	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	2002	< 50 individuals	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	2002	110 breeding pairs	A3

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)
Kivach	Zapovednik	10,880	protected area overlaps with site	10,870

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Zapovednik Kivach	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kivach Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kivach-nature-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 29/09/2023.