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Shumerlinskaya


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
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC passage 2004 30,000 individuals A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 2004 150-300 breeding pairs A1
Common Crane Grus grus LC winter 2004 500-1,100 individuals B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding 2004 82 breeding pairs B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 2004 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

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
1966 Kumashkinskiy Zakaznik 1
1984 Park-sad s. Yazykovo Nature Monument -

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name Year formed
Baryatino middle school 2005
Petryaskino middle school in Pilnin district 2005
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial 65
Grassland Humid grasslands, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland 16
Forest 6
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater 2
Shrubland 1
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 95
rangeland/pastureland 85
forestry 6
urban/industrial/transport 5
fisheries/aquaculture 1


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