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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	1996	6-8 breeding pairs	B2
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	1994	160 individuals	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1999	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1999	1,650-2,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1994	100-130 breeding pairs	B3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1994	60-70 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	1994	3,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1994	2,700 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1994	2,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1994	360 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	passage	1994	500-600 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	-	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Astanins'ki zaplavi	State Zakaznik	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		74
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	17
Marine Neritic		6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kazantip Cape, Aktash lake and Astanins'ka marsh (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kazantip-cape-aktash-lake-and-astaninska-marsh-iba-ukraine on 22/11/2024.