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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	50-300 breeding pairs	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2004	1-3 breeding pairs	A1
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1997	5-8 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	2004	10-50 individuals	B3

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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Unikal'noe lesnoe nasazhdenie (Ranenburgskoe)	Nature Monument	7	protected area overlaps with site	0
Spelyi smeshannyi sosnyak	Nature Monument	9	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pojmennyje dubravy i uremy	Nature Monument	23	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pojmennaya dubrava	Nature Monument	27	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ozero Zalanskaya Luka	Nature Monument	12	protected area contained by site	12
Ozero Krivetskaya Staritsa	Nature Monument	2	protected area contained by site	2
Ozero Andreevskoe	Nature Monument	24	protected area contained by site	24
Dobrovski	Zakaznik	26,970	protected area contained by site	26,970
Devonskogo perioda paleozoyskoy ery Nizhnyaya melnica	Nature Monument	1	protected area overlaps with site	0
Devonskogo perioda paleozoyskoy ery (Verhnyaya Melnica)	Nature Monument	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Boloto Sosnovka	Nature Monument	7	protected area overlaps with site	0
Boloto Karasevka	Nature Monument	4	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Verkhnevoronezhski lesnoy massiv	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Upper Voronezh forest. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/09/2020.