Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (2007–2008) |
1,000 birds |
B1i |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
non-breeding (2007–2008) |
100 birds |
A1 |
| Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio |
LC |
resident (2007–2008) |
10 pairs |
B2 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
passage (2007–2008) |
100 birds |
A1 |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
breeding (2007–2008) |
10–20 pairs |
B2 |
| Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
non-breeding (2007–2008) |
5–100 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
| Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
passage (2007–2008) |
100–500 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
non-breeding (2007) |
5,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
passage (2007–2008) |
20,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (2007–2008) |
60,000 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1983 |
Agrakhansky
|
Zakaznik (Federal) (IV) |
26 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
71 |
Mud flats and sand flats; Salt marshes; Sand dunes and beaches; Standing brackish and salt water |
| Desert |
18 |
Semidesert |
| Shrubland |
8 |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
2 |
Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land |
| Forest |
1 |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
50 |
| rangeland/pastureland |
30 |
| not utilised |
20 |
| nature conservation and research |
18 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
1 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chechen' Island and east seaside of Agrakhan peninsula (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chechen-island-and-east-seaside-of-agrakhan-peninsula-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
