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Kazantip Cape, Aktash lake and Astanins'ka marsh


IBA Justification

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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1974 Astanins'ki zaplavi State Zakaznik (IV) -

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -
agriculture -


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 23/12/2024.