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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2006	20 breeding pairs	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2006	50 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	non-breeding	1999	50-200 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	1999	50-200 individuals	B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	passage	2006	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2006	150 breeding pairs	B1i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	2006	200 individuals	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	2006	1 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Desert	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	35
Desert	Semidesert	30
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Standing freshwater	20
Shrubland	Scrub	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	50
rangeland/pastureland	40
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prikumskiye steppes (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prikumskiye-steppes-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.