Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
non-breeding (1991) |
1,200–1,500 birds |
B1i |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
300 pairs |
B1i |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1991) |
2,000 birds |
B1i |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1999) |
3,000–10,000 birds |
B1i |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
passage (1994) |
2,000–2,500 birds |
B1i |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (1980) |
390–420 pairs |
B2 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
1,000–1,500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
unknown (-) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Humid grasslands |
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
| water management |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sul's'ka bay (Ukraine). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sulska-bay-iba-ukraine on 24/12/2024.
