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Tsimlyanskiye sands


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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax NT breeding 1998 100-300 individuals A1, B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus LC breeding 1998 50-150 breeding pairs B2
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo LC resident 1998 10-50 breeding pairs B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes LC breeding 1998 10-30 breeding pairs B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC resident 1998 25-35 breeding pairs A1, B2

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) 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)
Tsimlyansky Zakaznik (Federal) 45,000 protected area overlaps with site 45,674

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name Year formed
Caretakers of Tsimlyanskiye sands 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)
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone -
Shrubland Scrub -
Grassland Steppes and dry calcareous grassland -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Forestry plantations -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
rangeland/pastureland -
forestry -
hunting -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsimlyanskiye sands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsimlyanskiye-sands-iba-russia-(european) on 19/03/2024.