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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2004	8-11 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2004	2-5 breeding pairs	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2004	4-8 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lesnye kul'tury kedra	Nature Monument	-
1965	Pribel'skie sosnovyje bory	Nature Monument	-
1965	Sosnovy bor	Nature Monument	-
1965	Sosnovy bor	Nature Monument	-
1965	Elovo-pihtovyje i sosnovyje nasazhdeniya	Nature Monument	-
1967	Birskiy	Zakaznik	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	54
Grassland	Humid grasslands	33
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	11
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	50
agriculture	23

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Birskaya flood-plain of river Belaya (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/birskaya-flood-plain-of-river-belaya-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.