Prostyr (Belarus) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Prostyr

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (2003)	520–1,020 pairs	A1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (2003)	1,500–4,000 pairs	B3
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding (2003)	300–500 pairs	B3
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding (2003)	1–50 pairs	A1
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding (2003)	650–1,500 pairs	B3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	not assessed	not assessed	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Prostyr	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (IV)	33

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	40	Humid grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	30	Fens, transition mires and springs; Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Shrubland	25	Scrub
Forest	5	Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	78
agriculture	20
fisheries/aquaculture	2
hunting	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prostyr (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prostyr-iba-belarus on 24/12/2024.