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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	breeding	1990	1,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding	1990	1,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1999	30-200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1995	1,000,000-1,500,000 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)
Volga Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	800,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ozero Tinaki	Nature Monument	18	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ozero Lechebnoe	Nature Monument	50	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kaspiyskiy	Zakaznik	39,400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Karabulakskiy	Nature Monument	10	protected area overlaps with site	0
Il'menno-bugrovoi	Zakaznik	6,700	protected area contained by site	6,700
Dendropark kurorta Tinaki-1	Nature Monument	25	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bugor Chertovo Gorodische	Nature Monument	15	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Desert	Semidesert	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Western Ilmen area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.