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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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	passage (2004)	2,500–3,000 birds	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (2004)	400–700 males	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (2004)	120 males	A1, A4i, B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	Ozera Kocheshkovskoe i Titkovskoe i okruzh.ikh zaboloch.lesn.massiv	Nature Monument (III)	-
1996	Uchastki vysokovozrastnykh juzhnotaezhnykh lesov po rekam Uste i Vae	Nature Monument (III)	-
1996	Uchastok vysokovozrastnogo lesa po r. Uste okolo s. Bo'shoe Karpovo	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	76	Native coniferous woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	20
Grassland	16	Humid grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	8	Raised bogs; Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	7
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flood-plain of rivers Usta and Vaya in Urenski district (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flood-plain-of-rivers-usta-and-vaya-in-urenski-district-iba-russia-(european) on 26/12/2024.