Data Zone
Country/territory: Russia (European)
IBA criteria met: B1i (2000)
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Area: 125,970 hectares (1,259.70 km2)
Site description (2004 baseline)
Flood-plain of the River Vetluga within Kostroma region from Sharya to the boundaries of Nizhni Novgorod region.
Key biodiversity
A breeding and passage site for geese and ducks. The B1i criterion is applied at site-level rather than at species-level, as recent count data are not available for any bird species. The site may also prove to fulfil the A4i criterion once systematic counts have been made.
Non-bird biodiversity: Lutra lutra, Vipera berus.Rubus arcticus.
Acknowledgements
The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of river Vetluga (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-river-vetluga-iba-russia-(european) on 26/12/2024.