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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	breeding (1992)	350 pairs	B1i
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	passage (1992)	2,000 birds	B1i
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter (1995)	2,200 birds	B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding (1993)	600 pairs	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter (1995)	10,000 birds	B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding (1992)	400 pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding (1992)	1,800 pairs	B3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter (1995)	13,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1992)	350 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding (1992)	400 pairs	A4i, B1i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage (1992)	1,500 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage (1999)	1,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1995)	20 birds	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1995)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	Dunaisky	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	35

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stentsivs'ko-Zhebriyanivs'ki plavni (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stentsivsko-zhebriyanivski-plavni-iba-ukraine on 25/12/2024.