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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
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	70	75	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	60	85	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	120	200	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Crane Grus grus	20	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	4	15	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	2	13	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	2	25	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	13	18	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Circaetus gallicus	1	4	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Other	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1968	Polesskiy	Nature Zapovednik	100
1975	Korniev	State Nature Monument	-
1980	Plotnitsya	State Zakaznik	1
1980	Didove ozero	State Zakaznik	<1
1983	Kutne	State Zakaznik	<1
2004	Polissia Mires	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	42
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	40
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	18

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Polis'kyi Nature Reserve (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/poliskyi-nature-reserve-iba-ukraine on 24/11/2024.