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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	1992	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1992	10,000-12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1992	25,000-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1992	5,000-12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1992	80,000-100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1992	25,000-30,000 individuals	B1i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	1992	5,000-12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	passage	1992	5,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	LC	passage	1999	4,500-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	passage	1999	700-750 individuals	B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	passage	1999	800-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1992	1,000-3,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1992	50-250 breeding pairs	B1i, B3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1999	400-600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1992	4,000-5,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1992	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1992	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii

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	Molochniy liman	State Zakaznik	94
1974	Radivonivs'kiy	State Zakaznik	<1
1984	Zakhisna lisosmuga s. Dunaivka	Regional Zakaznik	-
1988	Stepanivs'ka kosa	Regional Zakaznik	<1
1995	Molochnyi Liman	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		95
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Molochnyj Liman (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/molochnyj-liman-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.