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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding (1993)	400–500 pairs	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1993)	40–50 pairs	A1
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding (1993)	300–400 pairs	B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1993)	700 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Velikoselets'kiy	State Zakaznik (IV)	28
1980	Plekhivs'kiy	State Zakaznik (IV)	20
1995	Onishkivs'kiy	Regional Zakaznik (IV)	14

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	95	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs
Forest	5	Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	85
agriculture	10
nature conservation and research	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chervone marsh (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chervone-marsh-iba-ukraine on 24/12/2024.