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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
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1994	18-80 breeding pairs	B2
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1999	82 breeding pairs	B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1992	5,000-7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994	440 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1999	160 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1992	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1994	4,800-12,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1992	5,000 individuals	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	3,000-20,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1994	20,000-49,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Himantopus himantopus	62	251	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus	49	8	breeding pairs	17	very unfavourable
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	82	31	breeding pairs	38	very unfavourable
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	6,000	1,505	individuals	26	very unfavourable
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	395	1,900	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Larus cachinnans	383	12,000	individuals	100	favourable
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	440	300	breeding pairs	69	unfavourable
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	160	100	breeding pairs	63	unfavourable
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	1,000	2,500	individuals	100	favourable
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	2,500	50	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	8,450	3,550	breeding pairs	43	unfavourable
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	11,500	60,000	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Other	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	56
2000	Meotida, Krivokoskiy Liman	Regional Zakaznik	19

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kryva peninsula (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kryva-peninsula-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.