• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding (1999)	13–20 pairs	A1, B2
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage (1999)	1,000 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1999)	20 birds	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding (1999)	23 pairs	A1, B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1999)	20–35 pairs	B2
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding (1999)	70–100 pairs	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1985	Ozero Tsatsa	Nature Monument (III)	<1
1987	Sarpinsky	Zakaznik (Federal) (IV)	2
1994	Hanata	Zakaznik (IV)	7

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

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Sarpinskiye ozera	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	50	Semidesert
Wetlands (inland)	21	Standing brackish and salt water; Standing freshwater
Artificial/Terrestrial	16	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land
Grassland	5	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Forest	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
not utilised	60
water management	35
hunting	30
tourism/recreation	10
nature conservation and research	1
fisheries/aquaculture	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sarpinskaya lake-system (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sarpinskaya-lake-system-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.