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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage (1997)	1,019 birds	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (1997)	9,834 birds	B1i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage (1997)	1,429 birds	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1997)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1958	Yaroslavsky	Zakaznik (Federal) (IV)	3
1993	Ozero Savinskoe	Nature Monument (III)	-
1993	Boloto Tarakan'e	Nature Monument (III)	-
1993	Ozero Sogozhskoe	Nature Monument (III)	-
1996	Sotinskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	<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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

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

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 26/12/2024.