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Sarpinskaya lake-system

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	1999	13-20 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1999	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	1999	20 individuals	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1999	23 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1999	20-35 breeding pairs	B2
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	1999	70-100 breeding pairs	A1, B2

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

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sarpinsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	195,900	protected area overlaps with site	4,630
Ozero Tsatsa	Nature Monument	918	protected area contained by site	918
Hanata	Zakaznik	52,000	protected area overlaps with site	14,115

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Sarpinskiye ozera	2002

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

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert	Semidesert	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Standing freshwater	-
Forest		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sarpinskaya lake-system. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sarpinskaya-lake-system-iba-russia-(european) on 01/10/2023.