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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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

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)
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

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Sand dunes and beaches, Coastal lagoons	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Obytichna peninsula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/01/2022.