Balota Dzikoje (Belarus) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Balota Dzikoje

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000	50-100 males	A1
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1996-2001	1,200-1,500 males	A1
Common Grasshopper-warbler Locustella naevia	LC	breeding	2000	400-700 breeding pairs	B3
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	LC	breeding	1996	3,000-4,000 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	2	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Porazauski	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (Local)	1
1939	Belowezskaya Pushcha	National Park	66
1968	Dikoe	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	32
1979	Bialowieza Forest	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	55
2015	Dikoe Fen Mire	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	98

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	60
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	38

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
agriculture	5
other	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Balota Dzikoje (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/balota-dzikoje-iba-belarus on 23/11/2024.