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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1996)	1,000–1,500 birds	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (1996)	15,000–20,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1996)	200–300 pairs	A1
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (1996)	150–300 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1996)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Ozero Terekhovskaya Tish'	Nature Monument (III)	-
1987	Ryazansky	Zakaznik (Federal) (IV)	40

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Izhevskaya poima Oki	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	70	Humid grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	13	Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater; Fens, transition mires and springs
Forest	5	Alluvial and very wet forest
Unknown	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	4	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	67
agriculture	25
tourism/recreation	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Izhevsk flood-plain of Oka river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/izhevsk-flood-plain-of-oka-river-iba-russia-(european) on 26/12/2024.