Current view: Data table and detailed info
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-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni |
NT |
passage (1997) |
50–80 birds |
A1 |
| Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
passage (1997) |
1,200–1,600 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
passage (1997) |
800–1,200 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
passage (1997) |
40,000–60,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus |
LC |
passage (1997) |
5,000–7,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
LC |
passage (1997) |
20,000–40,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
passage (1997) |
600–1,200 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
passage (1997) |
15,000–20,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
passage (1997) |
40–60 birds |
A1 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1997) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1996 |
Beglitskaya Kosa |
Natural Monument (-) |
100 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
71 |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
15 |
|
| Grassland |
14 |
Humid grasslands |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
99 |
| nature conservation and research |
72 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beglitskaya sand-spit (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beglitskaya-sand-spit-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
