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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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1996	60 individuals	A1
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1996	500,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	-	424 individuals	A4i, B1i
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	1995	present	A3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	57,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	1995	present	A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	breeding	1995	present	A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996	57,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996	500,000-999,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1921	Askaniya Nova	National Biosphere Zapovednik	95
1985	Askaniya-Nova Zapovednik	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2004	Big Chapelsk Depression	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	100
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban parks and gardens	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/askania-nova-biosphere-reserve-iba-ukraine on 22/11/2024.