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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2003	520-1,020 breeding pairs	A1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2003	1,500-4,000 breeding pairs	B3
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2003	300-500 breeding pairs	B3
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	2003	1-50 breeding pairs	A1
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding	2003	650-1,500 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1994	Prostyr	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	33
2005	Prostyr	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	92

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	40
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	30
Shrubland	Scrub	25
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prostyr (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prostyr-iba-belarus on 23/11/2024.