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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1998)	60 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (1998)	45 pairs	B2
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding (1998)	25 pairs	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Sostinskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	53

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	50	Semidesert
Wetlands (inland)	40	Standing brackish and salt water
Shrubland	10	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	90
agriculture	60
fisheries/aquaculture	40
hunting	40
water management	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sostinskiye lakes (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sostinskiye-lakes-iba-russia-(european) on 26/12/2024.