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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
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1997	140-160 breeding pairs	B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1997	200-240 breeding pairs	B2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1997	120-200 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding	1997	275-315 breeding pairs	B2
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1997	60-80 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding	1997	300-500 breeding pairs	B3
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra	LC	breeding	1997	260-500 breeding pairs	B3

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
1974	Staroberbyans'kiy	State Zakaznik	4
1979	Dub chereshchatiy No11	Regional Nature Monument	-
1979	Dub chereshchatiy No5	Regional Nature Monument	-
1979	Dub chereshchatiy No4	Regional Nature Monument	-
1980	Tsilinna dilyanka	Regional Zakaznik	3
1987	Vikoviy dub chereshchatiy	Regional Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	65
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	23
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	12

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
hunting	10
urban/industrial/transport	10
not utilised	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Molochna river valley (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/molochna-river-valley-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.