Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
winter (1975) |
3,000–4,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, B3 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1975) |
30,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter (1975) |
32,600 birds |
A4i, B1i |
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra |
LC |
passage (1995) |
30,000–50,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
70–100 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2 |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
200–250 pairs |
B2 |
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
non-breeding (1997) |
32–50 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
25–40 pairs |
A1, B2 |
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
300–400 pairs |
B1i |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
100–150 pairs |
B2 |
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
2,000–3,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
non-breeding (1990) |
101 birds |
A1 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (-) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1975) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2006 |
moderate |
high |
low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Grassland |
5 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands |
Wetlands (inland) |
major (>10) |
Shingle or stony beaches; Standing freshwater; Standing brackish and salt water; Mud flats and sand flats; Water fringe vegetation |
Land use |
% of IBA |
hunting |
60 |
fisheries/aquaculture |
50 |
nature conservation and research |
40 |
agriculture |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kizlyar Bay (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kizlyar-bay-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.