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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1999	2,000 individuals	B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	passage	1992	4,000-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1999	50 breeding pairs	B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1992	120 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	passage	1999	500-600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1992	1,330 breeding pairs	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1999	25,000-35,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1999	5,000-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1999	5,000-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1999	10,000-19,999 breeding pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1999	20,000-49,999 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
1980	Kosa Obitochna	State Zakaznik	78
1995	Obytochna Spit and Obytochna Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland	Scrub	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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