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Sitnikovski Reserve


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
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus LC breeding 2004 3,000-22,000 breeding pairs B1i
Mew Gull Larus canus LC breeding 2004 7,000-10,000 breeding pairs A4i, B1i, B2

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
1987 Sitnikovskiy Zakaznik 43

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name Year formed
Bor department of Russian nature protection society 2005
Bor society of hunting and fishery control and chairman Burov, Vadim V. 2005
Caretaker of Sitnikovski Zakaznik 2002
NGO Club "Pink flamingo" 2005
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Raised bogs 85
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 44
tourism/recreation 5
other -


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