Akhtubinsk wetland (Russia (European))

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Akhtubinsk wetland

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	1998	16 breeding pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1998	24-30 breeding pairs	A1, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1998	46,500 unknown	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Leschevskiy	Zakaznik	1
2011	Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Akhtubinskoye Poozer'ye	2002

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	40
Grassland	Humid grasslands	30
Artificial/Terrestrial		16
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	14

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
hunting	50
not utilised	40
tourism/recreation	30
forestry	14
agriculture	13
fisheries/aquaculture	10
nature conservation and research	8

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akhtubinsk wetland (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akhtubinsk-wetland-iba-russia-(european) on 24/11/2024.