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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	passage (1999)	250–300 birds	A1
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident (1967)	221 pairs	B3
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1999)	8–12 pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident (1982)	5–8 pairs	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1999)	1–2 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Girs'kiy karst Krimu	State Zakaznik (IV)	1
1991	Krymskyi (Crimean)	Nature Zapovednik (Ia)	81

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	95	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	5

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Crimean Nature Reserve (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/crimean-nature-reserve-iba-ukraine on 24/12/2024.