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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	250-700 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	passage	1997	500-1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1997	3-5 breeding pairs	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	1997	15 breeding pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1997	13-16 breeding pairs	A1, B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	passage	1997	43-90 individuals	A1

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
-	Name Unknown, site No. 904 (Saratovskaya obl.)	Managed Resource Protected Area	13
-	Name Unknown, site No. 903 (Saratovskaya obl.)	Managed Resource Protected Area	9
-	Pamyatnik prirody i prirodnykh resursov Voskresenskogo raiona	Nature Monument	-
-	Bereznyakovskiy nerestovyi i nagul'nyi uchastok okhranyaemykh vidov ryb	Nature Monument	-
1964	Chernyje vody	Zakaznik	1
1977	Koshelevskiy	Zakaznik	15
1977	Koltovskiy	Zakaznik	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	35
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	15
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
not utilised	75
tourism/recreation	20
nature conservation and research	5
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North part of Volgogradski reservoir (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-part-of-volgogradski-reservoir-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.