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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	10-50 breeding pairs	A1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	500 breeding pairs	B3
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1996	140 breeding pairs	B3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	200-600 individuals	B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1996	5-8 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1996	30-50 breeding pairs	B2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1996	70 breeding pairs	B2
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	LC	breeding	1996	500-1,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1996	150-200 breeding pairs	B2
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1996	10-30 breeding pairs	A1, B2
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis	LC	breeding	1996	100 breeding pairs	B3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	650	75	breeding pairs	12	very unfavourable
Common Crane Grus grus	2	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	6	4	breeding pairs	67	unfavourable
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	40	11	breeding pairs	28	very unfavourable
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	70	8	breeding pairs	12	very unfavourable
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	100	23	breeding pairs	23	very unfavourable
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	850	125	breeding pairs	15	very unfavourable
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	175	35	breeding pairs	20	very unfavourable
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	175	35	breeding pairs	20	very unfavourable
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	1	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	20	185	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Other	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Pripyat-Stokhid, Stokhid	Regional Park	100
1972	Lyubeshivs'kiy	Regional Park - Monument of Orchard - Park Art	-
1979	Sedlischens'kiy	Regional Zakaznik	4
1985	Gulivs'kiy	Regional Zakaznik	1
1995	Prypiat-Stokhid	Regional Landscape Park	30
1995	Stokhid	Regional Zakaznik	7
1995	Stokhid River Floodplains	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	56

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	54
Forest	Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	40
Grassland	Humid grasslands	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	80
agriculture	58
forestry	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stokhod river valley (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stokhod-river-valley-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.