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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (1996)	5–8 pairs	B2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (1996)	10–15 pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding (1996)	6–10 pairs	A1, B2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (1996)	1–5 pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (1996)	1–3 pairs	B3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding (1996)	5–7 pairs	A1, B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter (1996)	5–30 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Dniprovs'ko-Desnyans'kiy	State Zakaznik (IV)	-
1994	Zhuravliniy	State Zakaznik (IV)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	80	Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Wetlands (inland)	10	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Fens, transition mires and springs

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
forestry	90
military	60
agriculture	10
nature conservation and research	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forests in Dnipro and Desna valleys (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forests-in-dnipro-and-desna-valleys-iba-ukraine on 25/12/2024.