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Obytichna peninsula


IBA Justification

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
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC passage 1999 2,000 individuals B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC passage 1992 4,000-6,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding 1999 50 breeding pairs B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba LC breeding 1992 120 breeding pairs A4i, B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba LC passage 1999 500-600 individuals A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC breeding 1992 1,330 breeding pairs B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC passage 1999 25,000-35,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC breeding 1999 5,000-10,000 breeding pairs A4i, B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding 1999 5,000-10,000 breeding pairs A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding 1999 10,000-19,999 breeding pairs A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 1999 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

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


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Obytochna Spit and Obytochna Bay Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 2,000 protected area contains site 2,000
Kosa Obitochna State Zakaznik 8,863 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Shrubland Scrub -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Obytichna peninsula. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/obytichna-peninsula-iba-ukraine on 09/12/2023.