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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1992–1998)	500 birds	B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1992–1998)	200 birds	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage (1992–1998)	500 birds	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1999)	50 pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1992–1998)	2–4 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Gornyi sosnyak	Nature Monument (III)	-
1976	Ten'kovskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	8
1978	Reka Birlya	Nature Monument (III)	3
1978	Reka Sviyaga	Nature Monument (III)	7
2007	Great Volzhsko-Kamsky/Raifa Forest / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sarali Land between Rivers / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Spassky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)/Sviyazhsky / Great Volzhsko-Kamsky (part of)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	66	Arable land; Urban parks and gardens
Grassland	15	Humid grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Forest	14	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Wetlands (inland)	3	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sviyago-Kubninskaya forest-steppe (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sviyago-kubninskaya-forest-steppe-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.