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Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding 1994 2-10 breeding pairs A1, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1961 Ukrainskiy Stepnoy Nature Zapovednik 13
1961 Ukrainian Steppe Zapovednik 100
1979 Landish Regional Zakaznik -

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Grassland Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands 86
Forest Broadleaved deciduous woodland 14
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ukrainian-steppe-nature-reserve-iba-ukraine on 23/11/2024.