Biarezinski zapaviednik (Belarus) IBA | Details

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Biarezinski zapaviednik

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	resident (1990)	200–300 pairs	B2
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding (1990)	30–35 pairs	B2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (1990)	12–16 pairs	B2
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (1990)	20–30 pairs	A1
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding (2004)	100–150 pairs	B2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding (2001)	8–11 pairs	B2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2004)	4–5 pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding (2001)	6 pairs	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (2004)	10–20 pairs	B2

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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	-

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1925	Berezinskiy	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	96
1978	Berezinskiy Zapovednik	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
1993	Berezinskiy State Biosphere Reserve	Biogenetic Reserves (-)	96
1995	Berezinsky	European Diploma Type 'A' (-)	26

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	49	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Wetlands (inland)	46	Raised bogs; Fens, transition mires and springs
Grassland	5	Humid grasslands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	80
forestry	10
tourism/recreation	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Biarezinski zapaviednik (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/biarezinski-zapaviednik-iba-belarus on 23/12/2024.