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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
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1994	18-80 breeding pairs	B2
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1999	82 breeding pairs	B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1992	5,000-7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994	440 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1999	160 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1992	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1994	4,800-12,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1992	5,000 individuals	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	3,000-20,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1994	20,000-49,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Himantopus himantopus		62	251	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus		49	8	breeding pairs	17	very unfavourable
Glareola pratincola	Collared Pratincole	82	31	breeding pairs	38	very unfavourable
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little Gull	6000	1505	individuals	26	very unfavourable
Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	395	1900	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Larus cachinnans		383	12000	individuals	100	favourable
Sternula albifrons	Little Tern	440	300	breeding pairs	69	unfavourable
Chlidonias hybrida	Whiskered Tern	160	100	breeding pairs	63	unfavourable
Chlidonias leucopterus	White-winged Tern	1000	2500	individuals	100	favourable
Chlidonias niger	Black Tern	2500	50	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	8450	3550	breeding pairs	43	unfavourable
Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	11500	60000	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Other	other threat	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Meotida, Krivokoskiy Liman	Regional Zakaznik	14,352	protected area overlaps with site	473
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,400	protected area contained by site	1,400

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kryva peninsula. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kryva-peninsula-iba-ukraine on 01/10/2023.