Sulakskaya bay (Russia (European)) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sulakskaya bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2004-2007	1-50 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2007	1,000-1,200 individuals	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	2007	2,500-3,000 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	favourable	medium	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	2
Desert	Desert, Semidesert	1
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
fisheries/aquaculture	80
rangeland/pastureland	10
tourism/recreation	10
urban/industrial/transport	1

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