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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (1990)	43 pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1990)	6 pairs	A1, A3, B2
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis	LC	breeding (1990)	4,000–12,000 pairs	A3, B2
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding (1990)	2,000–7,000 pairs	B2
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	LC	breeding (1990)	11,000–30,000 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Orenburgsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	90	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Orenburgski Nature Reserve (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/orenburgski-nature-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.