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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1997	1,019 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1997	9,834 individuals	B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1997	1,429 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1958	Yaroslavsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	3
1993	Ozero Sogozhskoe	Nature Monument	-
1993	Boloto Tarakan'e	Nature Monument	-
1993	Ozero Savinskoe	Nature Monument	-
1996	Sotinskiy	Zakaznik	<1

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Kostromskiye razlivy	2002
Kologriv middle school	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	65
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	25
Grassland	Humid grasslands	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	100
forestry	65
not utilised	50
agriculture	12
fisheries/aquaculture	10
tourism/recreation	10
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of Kostroma river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-kostroma-river-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.