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Samarskaya Luka


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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 1997 20-60 males A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC winter 1999 10-50 individuals A1
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis LC breeding 1990 20,000-30,000 breeding pairs B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Gorodische Belaya gora Nature Monument -
- Osinovyi ovrag Nature Monument -
- Shelekhmetskie gory Nature Monument -
- Lipnyak prolesnikovyi Nature Monument -
- Yuzhnye Zhiguli Nature Monument -
- Yablonevskaya geologicheskaya struktura Zhigulei Nature Monument -
- Vislyi kamen' Nature Monument -
- Lazurnik rubezhnyi Nature Monument -
- Ovrag Zadel'nyi Nature Monument -
- Urochische Churakaika Nature Monument -
- Geologicheskiy kompleks Ermakovo Nature Monument -
- Nefteskvazhina pervootkryvatel'nitsa devonskoi nefti Nature Monument -
- Yugo-vostochnyi lesnoi raion Samarskoi Luki Nature Monument -
- Slivnye peschaniki Nature Monument -
- Karstovoe ozero Zolotenka Nature Monument -
- Urochische Koz'i rozhki Nature Monument -
- Bol'shoi Maloryazanskiy grot Nature Monument -
- Ovrag Grannyi Nature Monument -
- Klenovniki sidorovykh gor Nature Monument -
- Yablonevye rodniki Nature Monument -
- Zaton zmeinyi Nature Monument -
- Bol'shoi shiryaevskiy grot Nature Monument -
- Bol'shoe Shelekhmetskoe ozero i kljukvennoe boloto Nature Monument -
- Belyi kolodets Nature Monument -
- Oz. Iordana Nature Monument -
- Sosnovskie slepyshovye opushki Nature Monument -
- Zolotoi ovrag Nature Monument -
- Aerozionnyi most Nature Monument -
- Ischezajuschee ozero Elgushi Nature Monument -
- Rodnik Shiryaevskiy Nature Monument -
1927 Zhegulevsky Zapovednik 1
1967 Perevolokskie skaly Nature Monument -
1967 Perevolokskiy vodorazdel Nature Monument -
1984 Samarskaya Luka National Park 100
1984 Ovechkina terrasa Nature Monument -
1984 Tornovskaya karstovaya voronka Nature Monument -
1984 Kamenistaya step' Nature Monument -
1984 Podgorskie vershiny Nature Monument -
1984 Shiryaevskie shtol'ni Nature Monument -
1984 Gory Sem' brat'ev Nature Monument -
1984 Obnazheniya porod akchagil'skogo morya Nature Monument -
1984 Popov ovrag (mezhdu s. M.Ryazan' - Brusyany) Nature Monument -
1984 Valy Nature Monument -
1984 Askul'skie rodniki Nature Monument -
1984 Mogutova gora Nature Monument -
1984 Novinskie gory Nature Monument -
1984 Brusyanskie okamenelosti Nature Monument -
1984 Lbische Nature Monument -
1984 Zhukov (Ryazanskiy) ovrag Nature Monument -
1984 Vinnovskiy ovrag Nature Monument -
1984 Urochische Krestovaya polyana Nature Monument -
1984 Risskaya terrasa u s. Brusyany Nature Monument -
1984 Ausin kamen' Nature Monument -
1984 Gora Verbljud Nature Monument -
1984 Osinovskie geologicheskie obnazheniya Nature Monument -
1984 Ozero Razliv Nature Monument -
1984 Peschera Stepana Razina Nature Monument -
1984 Askul'skaya vysota Nature Monument -
1984 Novinskiy bor Nature Monument -
1984 Molodetskiy kurgan Nature Monument -
1984 Bol'sheryazanskiy geokompleks Nature Monument -
1984 Obnazhenie bliz s. Tornovoe Nature Monument -
1984 Vinnovskiy dub Nature Monument -
1984 Utes Sokol (Lysaya gora) Nature Monument -
1984 Birjuch'i yamy Nature Monument -
1984 Gora Osh-Panda-Ner' Nature Monument -
1984 Sosnovo-Solonetskiy geokompleks Nature Monument -
1984 Volch'ya polyana Nature Monument -
1984 Dev'ya gora Nature Monument -
1984 Brusyanskoe redkoles'e Nature Monument -
1984 Vinnovskie gory Nature Monument -
1984 Kamennaya gora Nature Monument -
1984 Askul'skaya dolina Nature Monument -
1984 Tornovoe boloto Nature Monument -
1984 Gora Lepeshka - Usinskiy kurgan Nature Monument -
1984 Dikaya Yablonya Nature Monument -
1984 Bol'sheryazanskaya dubrava Nature Monument -
2006 Middle Volga UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 100

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name Year formed
Caretaker of Samarskaya Luka 2002
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest 95
Other 2
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Blanket bogs 2
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Urban parks and gardens 1
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100
agriculture 26
rangeland/pastureland 26
tourism/recreation 7
urban/industrial/transport 2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Samarskaya Luka (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/samarskaya-luka-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.