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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
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter (1999)	30–80 birds	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding (1996)	1 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1981	Gora Ak-Kaya	State Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	65	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Dry siliceous grassland; Humid grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	30	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Forest	2	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Shrubland	1	Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bilogir'ya (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bilogirya-iba-ukraine on 28/12/2024.