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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	passage (1992)	11,000–16,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1992)	200–3,000 birds	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (1992)	19,000–22,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	passage (1992)	2,000–3,000 birds	B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	passage (1992)	6,000–7,000 birds	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1992)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Azovo-Sivashskiy	National Park (II)	13

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Arable land
Grassland	10	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands
Marine Neritic	10

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Utlyuk lyman (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/utlyuk-lyman-iba-ukraine on 26/12/2024.