Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | winter (1992) | 2,200 birds | B1i |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding (1992) | 130 pairs | B3 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | breeding (1999) | 25–60 pairs | B2 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding (1992) | 19–260 pairs | B1i, B2 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | passage (1999) | 100–5,000 birds | A4i, B1i |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding (1999) | 300–2,500 pairs | B1i |
| Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | breeding (1999) | 400–1,500 pairs | B1i |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2013 | not assessed | medium | very low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| yes | unset | unknown | |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Climate change and severe weather | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
| Biological resource use | likely in long term (>4 years) | most of population/area (50–90%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | medium |
| Human intrusions and disturbance | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | whole of population/area (>90%) | rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations) | low |
| Agricultural expansion and intensification | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | most of population/area (50–90%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | low |
| Natural system modifications | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | most of population/area (50–90%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | low |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
| Little/none of area covered (<10%) | No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun | Very little or no conservation action taking place | very low |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 90 | |
| Grassland | 10 | Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kuyal'nyts'kyj lyman (Ukraine). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kuyalnytskyj-lyman-iba-ukraine on 23/12/2024.