Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
120–140 pairs |
A1, B2 |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
70–80 pairs |
B3 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
40–50 pairs |
B2 |
| Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
150–170 pairs |
B2 |
| Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
42–54 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
breeding (1996) |
15–25 pairs |
A1 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
60–90 pairs |
B2 |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
10–15 pairs |
B2 |
| Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
2,500–3,000 pairs |
B3 |
| Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
3,000–3,200 pairs |
B3 |
| Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
3,500–4,000 pairs |
B3 |
| Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
1,500–1,700 pairs |
B3 |
| River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
250–300 pairs |
B3 |
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
900–1,100 pairs |
B3 |
| Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
800–900 pairs |
B3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
unknown (-) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1984 |
Kukilivs'kiy
|
Regional Zakaznik (IV) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
42 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs |
| Grassland |
40 |
Humid grasslands |
| Forest |
10 |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
8 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
90 |
| forestry |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mzha river valley (Ukraine). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mzha-river-valley-iba-ukraine on 23/12/2024.
