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Bel'skaya flood-plain


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Common Crane Grus grus LC breeding (1998) 217 pairs B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga VU breeding (2004) 15–18 pairs A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU breeding (2004) 2–4 pairs A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding (2004) 8–11 pairs A1

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1965 Sosnovye nasazhdeniya Nature Monument (III) -
1965 Zaschitnyje nasazhde-niya Ufimskogo opy-tnogo polya (Juma-tovskie kul'tury) Nature Monument (III) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 50 Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Wetlands (inland) 25 Standing freshwater; Fens, transition mires and springs
Artificial/Terrestrial 15 Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Grassland 10 Humid grasslands

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 70
forestry -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bel'skaya flood-plain (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belskaya-flood-plain-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.