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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	resident (1988)	80–150 pairs	B2
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding (1988)	400–600 pairs	B3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding (1988)	40–60 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Chyrvony Bor	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (Local) (IV)	16
1960	Osveyskiy	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (IV)	74

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	50	Standing freshwater; Raised bogs; Water fringe vegetation
Forest	30	Mixed woodland
Grassland	6
Shrubland	4

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	50
hunting	30
nature conservation and research	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Asvieja (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/asvieja-iba-belarus on 24/12/2024.