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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage	1992	6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	non-breeding	1993	3,000 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1992	20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage	1992	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	passage	1992	18,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	passage	1992	12,000 individuals	B1i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	1992	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1992	60 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	passage	1992	4,000 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1992	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Sasyk Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		80
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10
Marine Neritic		10
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	80
water management	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sasyk lake (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sasyk-lake-iba-ukraine on 22/11/2024.