Floodplain of the Terek river near Staroshchedrinskaya (Russia (European))

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Floodplain of the Terek river near Staroshchedrinskaya

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1981-1997	500-700 individuals	B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1981-1997	2,000-4,000 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1981-1997	6,000-8,000 individuals	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2006	57 breeding pairs	A1
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	passage	1981-1997	3,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1981-1997	4,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	1981-1997	5-20 breeding pairs	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1981-1997	7,000-13,000 individuals	B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	near favourable	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1963	Parabochevskiy	Zakaznik	-
1971	Bragunskiy	Zakaznik	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	21
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	18
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	11

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	75
nature conservation and research	75
rangeland/pastureland	14
agriculture	9

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Floodplain of the Terek river near Staroshchedrinskaya (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/floodplain-of-the-terek-river-near-staroshchedrinskaya-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.