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Syvash Bay

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IBA Justification

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	non-breeding (1996)	1,000 birds	B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1996)	5,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (1992)	200,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1998)	1,000 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	passage (1992)	12,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage (1992)	62,000–65,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage (1992)	33,000–35,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding (1996)	1,000 pairs	A3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage (1992)	20,000–30,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	non-breeding (1996)	20,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding (1989)	2–3 pairs	B2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	passage (1989)	1,000 birds	A1
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding (1992)	470–500 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1992)	150–200 pairs	B2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding (1992)	120–200 pairs	B2
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding (1992)	400–500 pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1992)	400–500 pairs	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1992)	8,270 pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1992)	500–600 pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage (1992)	1,000–2,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1992)	600–800 pairs	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	passage (1992)	1,000–2,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	passage (1992)	3,500–5,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	passage (1992)	2,000–4,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage (1992)	500–1,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding (1992)	250–500 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage (1992)	2,000–5,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	passage (1992)	500–1,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage (1992)	43,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	passage (1992)	6,000–8,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage (1992)	700–2,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	passage (1992)	127,600 birds	A4i, B1i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	passage (1992)	26,700 birds	A4i, B1i
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	passage (1992)	10–200 birds	A1
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage (1992)	1,500–2,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	passage (1992)	11,800 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding (1992)	400–500 pairs	B1i, B2
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	LC	passage (1992)	1,000–3,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage (1992)	300–600 birds	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding (1992)	150–300 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage (1992)	3,000–10,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding (1992)	1,850–2,150 pairs	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	breeding (1992)	475–605 pairs	A3, A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding (1992)	2,450 pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding (1992)	3,800 pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1992)	360 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding (1989)	56–159 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage (1992)	250–1,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage (1992)	500–2,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1992)	2,900–3,080 pairs	A4i, B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding (1992)	315 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1992)	4,700 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1992)	20,000–30,000 birds	A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1992)	100,000-499,999 birds	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (1992)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (1996)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Prisivashs'kiy	Regional Zakaznik (IV)	<1

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Syvash Bay (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/syvash-bay-iba-ukraine on 23/12/2024.