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

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	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Himantopus himantopus	251 / 62 (pairs)	100	good
Charadrius alexandrinus	8 / 49 (pairs)	17	very poor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	31 / 82 (pairs)	38	very poor
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	1,505 / 6,000 (birds)	26	very poor
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	1,900 / 395 (pairs)	100	good
Larus cachinnans	12,000 / 383 (birds)	100	good
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	300 / 440 (pairs)	69	poor
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	100 / 160 (pairs)	63	poor
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	2,500 / 1,000 (birds)	100	good
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	50 / 2,500 (birds)	2	very poor
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	3,550 / 8,450 (pairs)	43	poor
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	60,000 / 11,500 (pairs)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Climate change and severe weather	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Other	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Meotida, Krivokoskiy Liman	Regional Zakaznik (-)	19

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

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 23/12/2024.