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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (1998)	100–300 birds	A1, B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (1998)	50–150 pairs	B2
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (1998)	10–50 pairs	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding (1998)	10–30 pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident (1998)	25–35 pairs	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Tsimlyansky	Zakaznik (Federal) (IV)	38

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Tsimlyanskiye sands	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	50	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Forest	20	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Treeline ecotone
Shrubland	20	Scrub
Artificial/Terrestrial	15	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Wetlands (inland)	5	Standing freshwater

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
rangeland/pastureland	65
forestry	30
nature conservation and research	30
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsimlyanskiye sands (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsimlyanskiye-sands-iba-russia-(european) on 24/12/2024.