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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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1992	2,200 individuals	B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1992	130 breeding pairs	B3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1999	25-60 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1992	19-260 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1999	100-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1999	300-2,500 breeding pairs	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1999	400-1,500 breeding pairs	B1i

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 (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		90
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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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 23/11/2024.