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Kakhovs'ke reservoir (Kajiry village)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 (1999) 500 birds B1i
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (1999) 500 birds B1i
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding (1999) 100 pairs B2
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster LC breeding (1999) 200 pairs B2
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster LC passage (1999) 1,000 birds B2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kakhovs'ke reservoir (Kajiry village) (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kakhovske-reservoir-(kajiry-village)-iba-ukraine on 25/12/2024.