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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1996-1998	500-1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1998	350-550 individuals	B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	3,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1996-1998	5,000-15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996-1998	100-200 breeding pairs	A1
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1998	200-300 breeding pairs	B2
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina	LC	breeding	1998	3,000-5,000 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zakaznik lekarstvennykh rasteniy	Nature Monument	-
1967	Krasnoslobodskiy	Zakaznik	11
1978	Kovylkinskiy	Zakaznik	5
1979	Krasnoslobodskaya lesnaya dacha	Nature Monument	-
1983	Ozero Churilka	Nature Monument	-
1994	Koloniya seroj tsapli	Nature Monument	-
1994	Derevo - gibrid topolya i osiny	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	25
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	25
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	15
Shrubland	Scrub	10
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	60
not utilised	20
nature conservation and research	13
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moksha flood-plain in vicinity of Krasnoslobodsk (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moksha-flood-plain-in-vicinity-of-krasnoslobodsk-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.