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Rybinsk reservoir


IBA Justification

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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC passage 1996 7,500 individuals B1i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata LC breeding 1996 700 breeding pairs B1i
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus LC breeding 1996 150 breeding pairs B2
Mew Gull Larus canus LC breeding 1996 1,750 breeding pairs B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding 1996 150 breeding pairs B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding 1996 22-28 breeding pairs A1, B2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Ostrov Morotskoe Protected Landscape 6
- Berezovaya roscha u s.Breitovo Nature Monument -
- Sosnovaya roscha vblizi ul.Parkovaya, s.Breitovo Nature Monument -
- Parkovyi les na beregu Volgi Nature Monument -
- Park m.Andreevskoe Nature Monument -
- Gruppa ostrovov v Rybinskom vodokhranilische Nature Monument -
- Breitovskiy park Nature Monument -
- Urochische Nakhtinskaya dacha Nature Monument -
- Starinnye grafskie prudy s lipami i topolyami Nature Monument -
- Kedr v d.Bol'shoe Zaimische Nature Monument -
- Gorelovskiy sosnovyi bor Nature Monument -
- Yurshinskiy ostrov Nature Monument -
- Lesnoi massiv Yagodnaya Nature Monument -
1945 Darvinsky Zapovednik 18
1992 Roscha beri'ezovaya Nature Monument -
1992 Park Djudiki Nature Monument -
1992 Kedr Ust'lamskiy Nature Monument -
1993 Alferovskiy Zakaznik 2
1993 Floristicheskiy Zakaznik 1
1993 Ermakovskiy Zakaznik 1
1993 Talitskiy Zakaznik <1
1993 Dendropark s.Miljushino Nature Monument -
1993 Park m.Murzino Nature Monument -
1993 Park d.Kostino Nature Monument -
1993 Park p.Borok Nature Monument -
1995 Boloto No 4 Chembrovskoe (Lamskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik -
1995 Boloto No 3 Pogoreloe (Privorotskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik -
1995 Boloto No 2 (Privorotskoe lesnichestvo) Zakaznik -
2002 Darvinskiy UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 22

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs 90
Forest Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland 5
Artificial/Terrestrial Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas 3
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 65
water management 40
nature conservation and research 35
agriculture 10
tourism/recreation 10
urban/industrial/transport 5


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