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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	breeding	1992	180 breeding pairs	B1i
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	1995	540 individuals	B1i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	1995	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1995	50,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1999	30-60 breeding pairs	A1
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1992	300 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1999	40-240 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1999	80-600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1999	60-140 breeding pairs	B2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1999	100-1,200 breeding pairs	B2
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	1999	10-12 breeding pairs	A1
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1992	150 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1995	55 individuals	A1
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1992	700 breeding pairs	B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1999	2,000-3,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1995	50,000-99,999 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
1995	Kugurlui Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	57
1995	Kartal Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	100
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kugurluj and Kartal lakes (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kugurluj-and-kartal-lakes-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.