Data Zone
Country/territory: Russia (European)
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 (2008)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 21,100 hectares (211.00 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | moderate | medium | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2001 baseline)
Area includes Agrakhansky bay and coastal lakes on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, north of Makhachkala. A long peninsula, jutting into the Caspian Sea, borders the Bay.
Key biodiversity
About 300000 ducks winter here and many other migrating species stopover. It is a particularly important site for waders, with tens of thousands stoping and feeding here on passage, especially C.alpina, C.alba and T.totanus, but no detailed counts have been made to date. The data on waders was compiled from single observations between 1983 and 1986.
Acknowledgements
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agrakhanski Bay (North Agrakhan) (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agrakhanski-bay-(north-agrakhan)-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.