Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis |
VU |
passage (1996–1998) |
500–1,000 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1998) |
350–550 birds |
B1i |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1998) |
3,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1996–1998) |
5,000–15,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding (1996–1998) |
100–200 pairs |
A1 |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1998) |
200–300 pairs |
B2 |
| Common Linnet Linaria cannabina |
LC |
breeding (1998) |
3,000–5,000 pairs |
B3 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
25 |
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Grassland |
25 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Forest |
15 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Shrubland |
10 |
Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) |
10 |
Fens, transition mires and springs; Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| forestry |
60 |
| not utilised |
20 |
| nature conservation and research |
13 |
| agriculture |
10 |
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 24/12/2024.
