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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

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

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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Samarskaya Luka (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/samarskaya-luka-iba-russia-(european) on 08/01/2025.